LGBT Dementia Care Summit

Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018

Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 8:30 a.m. registration, breakfast and exhibitor fair

Location: The Milton Marks Conference Center Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building, Lower Level 455 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102

Cost: Free, Lunch Included

Register Now: bit.ly/LGBTDementiaSummit

For more information call 800.272.3900

Where are we now? The Summit will bring together service providers, community members, and policy makers to discuss progress in LGBT dementia care. We will look at opportunities to meet the needs of those facing dementia as we form a network of dementia-capable services for the LGBT community.

Event is hosted by the Office of Senator Scott Wiener.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify potential challenges in implementing LGBT-inclusive strategies in their workplace and formulate corresponding solutions.

2. Understand and address the concerns of and unique challenges faced by LGBT constituents from their personal perspective/experience.

PROGRAM:9 a.m. Welcome

Marcy Adelman, PhD

9:20 a.m. Promising Practices from Research Jason D. Flatt, PhD, MPH

10:10 a.m. Break

10:25 a.m. Still Larry…after all of this! Larry Saxxon

10:40 a.m. Care partner panel, moderated by Leah Eskenazi, MSW

11:10 a.m. Recent Progress in creating LGBT dementia-capable services in San Francisco Edie Yau, MA

11:30 a.m. Promising practices panel, moderated by Michelle Alcedo

Noon Working lunch: Identifying opportunities & setting action items

1:15 p.m. Report outs

2 p.m. Conclusion

The Alzheimer’s Association is an approved vendor for providing continuing education. This course meets the qualifications for 4 CE units/ hours for the following certified license entities:

Registered Nurse (RN) and Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN).

Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider #CEP12415).

Licensed Marriage Family Therapists (LMFT) and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW). Approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #63035). Course meets the qualifications as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

This program is funded by the San Francisco County Department of Aging and Adult Services, and provides services regardless of race, ancestry, national origin, creed, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, income, or age.