Protecting Elders with Cognitive Impairment from Financial Vulnerability

Tue, April 16, 2019
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

MIT Wong Auditorium
2 Amherst Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

A collaborative project of MIT’s Medical Department, Age Lab and Women’s League, the 2019 Catherine N. Stratton Aging Successfully Lecture brings together panelists from the fields of Ethics and Neuroscience, Geriatric Medicine, Nursing Management, and Elder Law who attend to the many issues facing older adults, and are especially sensitive to the needs of those with cognitive impairment.

Moderator
Stephanie J. Bird, PhD, Neuroscientist/Ethicist, Science and Ethics Policy Consultant, Founder and Editor of The Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, and member of the C N Stratton Committee on Aging Successfully, will outline our topic, introduce each panelist, and moderate audience questions as time allows.

Panelists
Shoshana Streiter, MD, Geriatrician, Advanced Research Fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, also member of the Stratton Committee, will begin our discussion by describing the differences between normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Cathleen A. Dwyer RN, BSN, Nurse Case Manager at MIT Medical, will present examples of her work that involves assisting and supporting the elderly who are aging successfully at home to create plans, including legal forms and documents, to continue aging successfully at home and thus avoid the threat of both physical and financial fraud.

John G. Dugan, Esq., a lawyer experienced in representing elders and other victims exposed to financial exploitation via mail, phone, the internet, or personal interaction, will provide advice, suggest means of protecting personal assets, and present ways to identify and prevent this form of abuse.

After the presentations and a short discussion among the panelists, Stephanie Bird will serve as moderator for audience questions to be answered by the panelists as time allows.