Substance Abuse, Older Adult Drug Abuse is Colloquium Focus
Contact: Lenard Kaye, (207) 262-7922
NORTHPORT — The Sixth Annual University of Maine Geriatric Colloquium planned Friday, April 1 at Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center in Northport will explore “Substance Abuse in Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic.”
The public and professionals working with older people are invited to attend. Seminars and panel discussions begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
Topics to be addressed include:
– Under Diagnosed and Misunderstood: An Overview of Substance Abuse in Older Adults
– Substance Abuse in Older Mainers: What Are We Seeing?
– Medical Aspects of Substance Abuse in Older Age: Why Is It Different?
– Treating the Older Substance Abuser: How Is It Different?
– Recognizing Substance Abuse in Our Clients: Assessment and Screening
– Understanding Prescription and OTC Drug Abuse in Older Adults
– And Addressing the Problem in Maine: What Next?
Speakers include Mark Publicker, MD, Mercy Recovery Center; Clifford Singer, MD, Acadia Hospital; Patricia A. Kimball, LADC, CCS, Wellspring; William Lowenstein, AdCare and New England Institute of Addiction Studies; Anne Rogers, Maine Office of Substance Abuse; Lenard Kaye, DSW/Ph.D, UMaine Center on Aging; Mary D. Moore, LCSW, LADC, Wellspring; Marjie Harris, LCSW, and Nancy Kelly, MSW, of the UMaine School of Social Work.
Colloquium sponsors and supporters include the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education at the University of Maine, which includes the UMaine School of Social Work, UMaine Center on Aging, Maine Gerontological Society, Wellspring, RossCare, Acadia Hospital and AdCare Educational Institute.
Contact Prudence Searl at (207) 262-7925 or email [ mailto:prudence.searl@umit.maine.ed ]prudence.searl@umit.maine.edu or Lenard Kaye at (207) 262-7922 or len.kaye@umit.maine.edu for additional information, including colloquium fees. A copy of the full program and registration materials are available on the Center on Aging website.