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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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