PLB Sponsored Provider Training Session

Title: End of Life Care: Supporting Older Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Anne Botsford Handouts:
Powerpoint Handouts - PDF
Philosophy & Recommendations
Pallative Medicine
Longevity Calculation
Suggested Reading

Martha Brown Handouts:
Durable Power of Attorney
Special Needs Trust
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care of a Consumer

Recommended Links for More Information:
The Grief Process for Professionals
How to Help Grieving People
Sources to Explore on Grief and Loss

Presenters:

Anne Botsford, Ph.D. Anne Botsford, Ph.D. Martha C. Brown Martha C. Brown, J.D.

This training featured a presentation on End of Life Care for persons with developmental disabilities, on providing support for consumers of aging parents, and how grieving is manifest in the general population and consumers In addition,Durable Power of Attorney, Special Needs Trust and the litigation involved in supporting those processes were discussed. The presenters, Anne Botsford, Ph.D, LMSW, Associate Professor at Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, NY and Martha C. Brown, J.D., Attorney at Law with Oelbaum and Brown, St. Louis, Missouri