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The National Crime Prevention Council and the Bureau of Justice Assistance are sponsoring a virtual conference with information to help law enforcement, crime prevention organizations, victim service providers, and others recognize and respond to elder abuse and fraud against seniors.

Join the 2014 Annual Conference on Independent Living. Attendees will come together to remind legislators of the Independent Living Program's significant successes and the impressive return on investments. Examples of workshop sessions include: Resource Development Track, Basic Fundraising Tools Anyone Can Use, Transit and Disability Rights Advocates: Stronger Together, The Impact of the Disability Community on Elections and Administration on Community Living - Aging & Disability.

This webinar will offer some practical suggestions based on the experiences in states that have already started the enrollment process.

The webinar will explain how the Marketplaces work for older adults, especially those who may soon become eligible for Medicare.

This meeting will look at Advancing Excellence tools as a core base, with QAPI as the framework for assessing quality care. In addition, the event will also look to develop the person-centered culture of safety that providers, residents and families look for in skilled care.

The webinar will address the growing problem of elder financial exploitation. The webinar will also cover the CFPB's consumer complaint process; the Managing Someone Else's money guides for financial caregivers; the Money Smart for Older Adults awareness program; and other resources to help participants and their communities.

The webinar will discuss the ongoing efforts of CMS to reduce and eliminate health disparities, and their work to encourage newly insured consumers to use preventive services and primary care.

The program will discuss how Partnership for Patients (PfP) and other federal stakeholders, including Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs), Community-based Care Transitions Programs (CCTPs), Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), and the Administration for Community Living (ACL), are aligned in their aims and how collaboration with local community partners have helped hospitals produce impressive reductions in 30-day readmissions through more effective care transition models.

The purpose of the C. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award is to recognize volunteer leadership in programs for older Americans, with an emphasis on statewide advocacy for older persons. The award has been given annually to a year round Florida resident who has consistently made significant contributions to policies or programs and services for older Americans in the State of Florida.

The webinar will focus on nursing home admissions agreements, identifying the terms that elders and their advocates should be most wary of and explaining the protections that some states afford against enforcement of some of these terms. The webinar will also focus on arbitration clauses, attempts to hold family members liable for a resident's bills, purported waivers of a facility's liability, and improper grounds for eviction.