"Working with Incapacitated Adults and their Decision Makers"
| Dates: | July 29, 2011, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Rosemont Assisted Living 2961 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM |
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| September 2, 2011, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm | |
| Savage Auditorium, Presbyterian Hospital 1100 Central Avenue, Albuquerque, NM |
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| Cost for CEUs: | $89 Advance (1 week), $99 Day of Seminar $10 discount if 3 or more people attend from one organization State vouchers also accepted |
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"Working with Incapacitated Adults and their Decision Makers" is a seminar for those who provide services to adults who have, or may need, a legal guardian.
An in-depth exploration of adult guardianship, including:
- Incompetency and Incapacity
- Who can give informed consent? Who decides when the client cannot?
- When is it necessary to contact the POA/Guardian?
- Types of decision makers
- Alternatives to Conservatorship and Guardianship
- Difference between POA and Guardian
- Who needs a guardian?
- Creating a guardianship
- Types of Guardianship
- Powers of the Guardian
- Rights retained by protected person
- How and when does guardianship end?
- Guidelines and codes of ethics for guardians and other professionals
- Role of guardian on interdisciplinary or treatment team
- Advocating for clients with legally-appointed decision makers (including reporting abuse by decision makers)
6 CEUs available for nursing home administrators
5.75 CEUs for guardians