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At the February 2021 Town Hall, we discussed issues that often require mediation within a family such as: advance care planning, designating trustworthy decision-makers, disclosing financial information, and giving up the car keys. We invite you to bring your questions to the chat.

About the Presenter

Nicole Lance helps adult siblings and their parents resolve challenges ranging from emotionally difficult to psychologically straightforward but otherwise complex situations. As a certified Family and Elder Mediator, Nicole brings expert communication and negotiation skills to the table so that families can transform difficult conversations into workable agreements.

As a certified Senior Advisor, she has relevant content knowledge that assists parties in making fully informed decisions as parents age. Before becoming a Family and Elder Mediator and Senior Advisor, Nicole practiced business law over a 15-year period, which included mediating disputes. More information is available in her website www.mediateforward.com.

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About the Avenidas Town Hall Series

Avenidas Care Partners presents a monthly Town Hall meeting featuring professionals speaking on timely topics with plenty of time for your questions. To learn more about these events, call Avenidas Care Partners Manager Paula Wolfson at 650-289-5438.

Dr. Marina Martin, Section Chief of Stanford Geriatric Medicine and Stanford Geriatric Medicine fellows Dr. Caroline Park and Dr. Alice Mao answer questions from Avenidas members about the COVID-19 vaccines as well as our county strategies for distributing vaccines to front line workers and at-risk populations.

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Transcript

Transcript coming soon!

About the Avenidas Town Hall Series

Avenidas Care Partners presents a monthly Town Hall meeting featuring professionals speaking on timely topics with plenty of time for your questions. To learn more about these events, call Avenidas Care Partners Manager Paula Wolfson at 650-289-5438.

Avenidas Care Partners presents a panel discussion with Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director of the Geriatric Center and Dr. Logan Schneider, Co-Director and Staff Neurologist for the Stanford VA Alzheimer’s Center.

Dr. Ayati begins the session with an update on Covid-19. Each speaker will then introduce the services provided at their clinics to help clients understand cognitive health, signs and symptoms of impairments and testing protocols.

Includes extensive Q&A with attendees.

Dr. Anna Lembke discusses the impact of alcohol consumption, including potential damage to our physical and cognitive health, as well as signs and symptoms of alcohol dementia: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, in both its acute stage encephalopathy and late stage chronic confusion and possibly psychosis.

Dr. Anna Lembke is the Medical Director of Stanford Addiction Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She is nationally recognized as sounding the alarm on the opioid epidemic. Dr. Lembke educates policymakers and the public on addiction and what to do about it.

Hosted by Avenidas Care Partners.