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June 2
Oasis Conference Center, Loveland, Ohio
Presented by The Law Practice of Dennison Keller, LLC Keynote Speaker: Eloy van Hal
Open to the public / continuing education credits offered Register at: www.elderlawcincinnati.com
On June 2, “Dementia Village” Founder Eloy Van Hal, of the Netherlands, will join industry leaders including a world-renowned cardiac surgeon, a research scholar in geriatrics, elder law attorneys, and experts in LGBTQ senior care at a new symposium in Loveland. The Cutting Edge of Elder Care: Global Approaches to Serve Elders in Our Own Community will bring together international, national, and local thinkers committed to advancing care for seniors.
Van Hal is a superstar in the field of elder care. For more than 20 years, he managed nursing homes and elder care facilities. In 2009, He co-founded the “Dementia Village” known as Hogeweyk, just outside of Amsterdam. It was a completely new model of personalized dementia care, allowing residents to live in a neighborhood according to their lifestyle with the freedom to walk around instead of being locked in the wing of a stand-alone building. In 2015, Van Hal took on the role of senior managing advisor to help implement communities like the “Dementia Village” around the world. His thought-provoking presentations inspire his audiences to think beyond the status quo, often leaving them astonished by what is possible.
“I am very pleased with this opportunity to speak about the paradigm shift in dementia care,” Van Hal said. “We as founders of the Hogeweyk are working on a global movement to shift the way we think and act when people living with dementia need support and care.”
The Law Practice of Dennison Keller, LLC is organizing the event with the goal of bringing positive change and global perspectives to the tri-state. Keller, past President of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association (LCPLFA), has over 15 years of expertise as an elder law attorney.
“By 2050, estimates show there will be 84 million people in this country over the age of 65, double our current amount,” Keller said. “We must think morally and logistically about best practices for treating our aging population.”
Keller’s firm is Cincinnati’s only member of the LCPLFA, a national association of inter- disciplinary law practices that offer care coordination, family education, and help with financial and health care decisions in addition to legal services. His fourteen-person staff includes two lawyers, two nurses, and four licensed social workers.
Symposium topics include, caring for aging baby boomers, hidden symptoms of dementia, race and religion in long term care settings, technology advances in elder care, new research on helping families better communicate as they care for a parent, and culturally competent care for LGBTQ older adults. The event is open to the public and nurses, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapy therapists can earn continuing education credits.
In response to ever-changing practices and laws, Keller added a session to the symposium schedule at the last-minute to include a discussion of Esther’s law, a brand-new Ohio law allowing cameras in nursing home rooms.
In addition to hosting seminars and webinars, Keller teaches at UC’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. With the introduction of this symposium, his practice is taking elder care education to the next level.
Learn more and register for the symposium at: www.elderlawcincinnati.com
The Serene Suites Premier Memory Care is the symposium’s Saphire Sponsor; Strawser & Staley Funeral Homes, Spring Grove Funeral Homes and Cremation/Thompson, Hall & Jordan Funeral Home are Diamond Sponsors; Right at Home, Home Care and Assistance, Central Parke Memory Care & Transitional Assisted Living, and Seasons, A Senior Lifestyles Community are Emerald Sponsors.
