Conventional Wisdom
The Cutting Edge of Elder Care: Global Approaches to Serve Elders in Our Own Community
June 2
Oasis Conference Center, Loveland
Keynote Speaker: Eloy van Hal
Symposium topics include, caring for aging baby boomers, hidden symptoms of dementia, race and religion in long term care settings, technology advances in elder care, new research on helping families better communicate as they care for a parent, and culturally competent care for LGBTQ older adults.
The event is open to the public and nurses, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapy therapists can earn continuing education credits.
Register at www.elderlawcincinnati.com
Presented by The Law Practice of Dennison Keller, LLC
Industry leaders including a world-renowned cardiac surgeon, a research scholar in geriatrics, elder law attorneys, and experts in LGBTQ senior care will explore The Cutting Edge of Elder Care: Global Approaches to Serve Elders in Our Own Community, during a new symposium. Eloy Van Hal, founder of “Dementia Village” in the Netherlands, will give the keynote address.
The Law Practice of Dennison Keller, LLC is organizing the event with the goal of bringing positive change and global perspectives to the Tristate. Keller, past President of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association (LCPLFA), has over 15 years of expertise as an elder law attorney.
Keller’s firm is Cincinnati’s only member of the LCPLFA, a national association of interdisciplinary law practices that offer care coordination, family education, and help with financial and health care decisions in addition to legal services. His fourteen-person staff includes two lawyers, two nurses, and four licensed social workers.
Van Hal is a superstar in the field of elder care. For more than 20 years, he managed nursing homes and elder care facilities. In 2009, He co-founded the “Dementia Village” known as Hogeweyk, just outside of Amsterdam. It was a completely new model of personalized dementia care, allowing residents to live in a neighborhood according to their lifestyle with the freedom to walk around instead of being locked in the wing of a stand-alone building. In 2015,
Van Hal took on the role of senior managing advisor to help implement communities like the“Dementia Village” around the world. His thought-provoking presentations inspire his audiences to think beyond the status quo, often leaving them astonished by what is possible.