Supported Decision-Making for Older Adults: What it is and why it matters to Pennsylvanians

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Supported Decision-Making for Older Adults: What it is and why it matters to Pennsylvanians

Mar 5, 2020 at - | Jordan Medical Education Center (JMEC), Seminar Room 513 EW

Event/Talk title
Supported Decision-Making for Older Adults: What it is and why it matters to Pe…
Series
IOA Visiting Scholars Series Event
Name
David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education
Syracuse University
Description

Supported decision-making is a model of decision making in which an adult with diminished capacity enters into an agreement with a closely trusted person or persons to support him or her in exercising self-determination. Nationally, there is growing recognition that supported decision-making is a viable—and indeed a clinically, legally, and ethically preferable—alternative to guardianship.

Now, there is growing interest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in supported decision-making for older adults with cognitive impairment. How can this work in practice? The overarching purpose of this conference is to gain diverse perspectives on how to implement supported decision making in Pennsylvania.

Lectures and Panel
11:30 - 3:45 PM
(Keynote Lecture with Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00 PM)

Jordan Medical Education Center (JMEC)
Seminar Room 516 EW
3400 Civic Center Blvd., Phila., PA 19104
University of Pennsylvania

Networking Reception
3:45 - 5:00 PM
JMEC Lobby area, 1st Floor

Speakers & Panelists:

Nina Kohn, JD
Emily Largent, JD, PhD, RN
Hon. Lois Murphy
Karen Buck, JD
Jason Karlawish, MD
Charlie Sabatino, JD
and more!

Lunch will be provided.

Register online.