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Published: Sept. 28, 2001 at 4:00 PM
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EVENTS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2001

TIME: All Day

EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice holds a program on Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect.

AGENDA: Highlights:

8:15 a.m. - Welcome/Introductions/overview of the Richard Bonnie, University of Virginia Law School and Panel Chair

Andrew White, Director, Committee on National Statistics

Carol Petrie, Director, Committee on Law and Justice

8:30 a.m. - Application of epidemiologic methods to study of elder abuse and neglect

Larry Branch, Center for Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University

9:30 a.m. - Surveys of elder abuse and neglect

Larry Corder, Professor of Demography, Duke University

10:45 a.m. - Human subjects issues in elder abuse and neglect research

Rebecca Dresser, Professor of Law, Washington University, St. Louis

11:45 a.m. - Elder abuse in settings outside the family

Catherine Hawes, Professor, Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University

1:30 a.m. - Financial abuse of the elderly

Thomas Hafemeister, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Virginia

2:30 a.m. - Clinical and forensic issues in elder abuse research

Carmel Dyer, Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

3:45 a.m. - Vulnerability/reduced capacity

Bryan Kemp, Assistant Professor of Clinical Gerontology, Community Services, and Aging

University of California, Irvine

4:45 a.m. - Intervention research on elder abuse and neglect

David Wolfe, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Western Ontario

DATE: October 1, 2001

LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents journalists Joyce Murdoch, Detroit News and Deb Price, National Journal discussing their book Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court.

DATE: October 1, 2001

LOCATION: West Dining Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-707-1956

WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS holds a program with Japanese economist Haruo Shimada delivering the 2001 Mansfield American-Pacific Lecture on "Changing Business Practices in the United States and Japan."

DATE: October 1, 2001

LOCATION: LC, Mary Pickford Theater, third floor of the Madison Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-707-3302.

WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: FOLGER SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL LIBRARY presents PEN/Faulkner "Secrets and Lies" Benefit Gala.

DATE: October 1, 2001

LOCATION: Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-636-8745

WEB ADDRESS: folger.edu

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