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 Past Speakers and Topics:

2017
January: Elizabeth Colvin with Foundation Communities "The Affordable Care Act"
February: Cossy Hough with the University of Texas "Medicaid: Now and Later"
March: Rev. Remington Johnson with the Heart Hospital of Austin "The Curious Case of Caring Too Much: Burnout Resilience & Empathic Overload"
April: Rev. Dr. Carla Cheatham "Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking and Medical Aid and Dying"
May: Mamadou Balde, Caritas of Austin, "The Refugee Journey"
June: Wendy Byrd, MA, LPC, LMFT, "EMDR: How the Brain Heals from Adversity"
July: Michelle Akers, Julian Huerta, Nicola Alleyne, Shontell Gauthier "Affordable Housing in Central Texas"
August: Christopher J. Johnson, PhD, "Institutional Abuse: Public Policy Issues concerning the Commodification of Memory Care in Texas"
September:Bill Hopkins, "Legal and Ethical Aspects of Social Work: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You!!"
October:
November:

2016

January: Elizabeth Colvin with Foundation Communities "Obamacare" (See Flyers- Open Enrollment and Year Round Services)
February: Dede Sparks with UT "Medicare 101"
March: Bill Witt with Senior Resource Center "Changes in Medicaid, Star Plus, and VA Benefit"
April: Angela Howard Nguyen with Seton "Mental Health Services in Central Texas Part I: Pediatrics and Adolescents"
May: Angela Howard Nquyen and Megan Hubert "Mental Health Services in Central Texas Part II: Adults"
June: Clint Alexander, Attorney "Guardianship and Powers of Attorney for Healthcare and Psychiatric Care" (DADS website regarding the Supported Decision Making Act that was discussing at this meeting: Click HERE) 
July: Lisa Daly "LGBT Issues in Aging"
August: Sarah Jones and Vanessa Flores, certified Daring Way Facilitators "Vulnerability: The Power of Being Seen"
September: Sarah Swords with UT Austin "Following Your Compass: Social Work Ethics in the New Technology Environment"
October: Dr. Robert Friedman with Hospice Austin and Central Texas Palliative Care Associates "Is It Palliative Care or Hospice Care?"
November: Matt Bacon with UFCU "Retirement Planning"

2015
January: Juli Engel with Brookdale "Caregiving and the Male Perspective"
February: Leah Cohen (on behalf of Mike Gianatti) "Guardianship"
March: Janet Allen, Christi Buerger, Rob Faubion, Amelia Frank, and Rene Oldstein "Necessary Resources for an Aging Population"
April: Michelle Magid, M.D. "ECT 101"  (View ECT Handbook)
May: Penny Kruger with Seton Behavioral Health "Borderline Personalities/DBT"
June: Martha Adkins "More to Dying than Meets the Eye"
July: Emily Habermehl with Family Eldercare "Addiction and Substance Use Disorder in the Elderly"
August: Mitzi Chafetz, funeral director at Weed Corley Fish Funeral Home "Dying Well: Logistical Basics, Cultural Considerations"
September: Miriam Nisenbaum with NASW Texas "Ethics in Social Work Licensure"
October: Monica Munoz Andry with UFCU "Understanding Your Credit Score"
November: Erica Garcia-Pittman, M.D. "Updates in Gero-Psych" (View Presentation)

2014
January: Lynda Hermes with TX Dept of Insurance "Medicare in 2014: What you need to know for your clients"
February: David Gibbs "The ABCs of Disability"
March: Nancy Walker with AMBIS "Final Arrangements: A-Z"
April: Jessica Poor with Nurses Unlimited "Happy at Work, Happy at Home"
May: Lillian Phillips with Emeritus at Parmer Woods "Understanding Transitions in Senior Lifestyles"
June: Bill Hopkins with Husch Blackwell, LLP "Healthcare Liabilities"
July: Seton "Heart Transplant Process"
August: Elizabeth Colvin with Foundation Communities "Affordable Care Act"
September: Beth Pomeroy with UT "DSM V"
October: Dr. Garcia Pittman "Updates in Geropsyche"
November: H. Clyde Farrell with Farrell & Pak PLLC "VA Pensions for Veterans and their Widow(er)s: Who Qualifies and How to Apply"

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