2024 Elder Abuse Prevention Training Conference
May 9 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Master of Ceremonies:
Sarah Slikker, Superviser, Adult Protective Services of Santa Barbara County
Keynote Speakers:
Karen D. Sullivan, PhD—Capacity Assessments
Eileen Dacey, LSW—Hoarding Challenges
Schedule
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome Remarks/Introductions
Sarah Slikker, Supervisor
Santa Barbara County, Adult Protective Services
9:10 – 10:10 “Determining Client Capacity: How to Protect Your Client and Yourself”
Karen Sullivan, Ph.D., ABPP
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Pinehurst Neuropsychology Brain & Memory Clinic, Pinehurst, Nc
10:15 – 11:20 “Hoarding Characteristics”
Eileen Dacey, LICSW, Ph.D. Candidate
Program Director, North Shore Center for Hoarding and Cluttering
11:20 – 11:30 Closing Remarks/World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
About the speakers:
Karen D. Sullivan
Karen D. Sullivan, PhD, ABPP, is the creator of the I CARE FOR YOUR BRAIN program. She is one of less than 30 providers in North Carolina Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Sullivan founded a private practice called Pinehurst Neuropsychology Brain & Memory Clinic in November 2013.
Prior to establishing her practice, Dr. Sullivan was an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department. She received her doctoral degree at Boston University in 2009 and completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System through Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine in 2010.
Dr. Sullivan has extensive training in clinical issues unique to older adults. Prior to her formal education, she worked as caregiver, nursing assistant, therapeutic companion, activities director and co-director of an Adult Day Health program.
Eileen Dacey
