Registration

30th Annual
Please photocopy this form for multiple registrations.

Name MENTAL
HEALTH
Organization/Agency
AGING CONFERENCE
Street Address

City State Zip

Phone ( )

E-mail Address

For Continuing Education Units (CEUs), check one:

LifeTransitions
LCSW MFT BRN RCFE
NHAP CCADC CASI-II

License ID #

REGISTRATION FEES
$ 90.00 Pre-registration (highly encouraged!)
$ 60.00 Group Rate 5+ (Per Person) Let’s Break the Silence
$100.00 Registration after October 15, 2010
$ 40.00 Retired Seniors or Full-time Students
Substance Abuse
Fee includes: Professional CEUs, resource materials,
3440 Viking Drive, Suite 114
Among Seniors:
The Hidden Epidemic
Community Programs

continental breakfast and buffet lunch.

Sacramento CA 95827

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:

Turning Point Community Programs (TPCP) “Medication, Alcohol,
Turning Point

TPCP TaxID # 94-2609766

TPCP—Treasurer responsibilities for conference committee
Substance Abuse & Depression”
MAIL REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT TO:
Turning Point Community Programs
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
3440 Viking Drive, Suite 114
LifeTransitions
7:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Sacramento, CA 95827
30th Annual

AGING CONFERENCE

For more information, ELKS LODGE #6

MENTAL
HEALTH

call (916) 734-4754 6446 Riverside Blvd.

Registration fee is not refundable
if cancellation is received after October 15, 2010
Sacramento, CA 95831

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 Conference Committee Program Agenda
General Information
E-mail questions to
oacsac@gmail.com
Carol A. Howle, MHA 7:30-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
Committee Co-Chair 8:30-9:00 Welcome and Awards Presentation Sponsorship/ Exhibitor Information
Assistant Director, Education Programs, UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging
Tonja Edelman, MSW 9:00-10:30 Tobacco Use in Seniors: It’s Never Too Late To Quit CONTACT:
Committee Co-Chair Tom Hopkins, MD Carol Howle
Director, Client Services, Support for Home
10:30-10:45 Break PHONE:
Donna Cambern
Referral Specialist,The Senior Connection, Eskaton 10:45-12:15 Co-Occurring Mental Health and (916) 734-4754
Larry Dawes, MSW Substance-use Disorders in Older Adults E-MAIL:

Conference Location
The Senior Connection, Eskaton Jonathan Porteus, PhD, RAS, NCAC1 carol.howle@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Michael Gardner, MS, ED
CMHPC/CMHDA 12:15-1:30 Lunch
Rosalind Garner, MSW 1:30-3:00 Prescription Drug Misuse and

Presenters
Program Planner, MHSA
Substance Abuse in Older Adults
Richard McMasters, LVN, BS, MA
Utilization Review Nurse & Discharge Planner, Sutter Center for Psychiatry
David E. Smith, MD, FASAM, FACCT
Lynnette M. Mitchell, NCAC, CAS
Co-Ocurring Coordinator, El Hogar, Sierra Vista Wellness Program
Barbara Morgan
Community Outreach Associate/Marketing, Sutter Senior PACE Care ELKS LODGE #6
Tom Hopkins, MD
Dan Polakoff, MSW Dr. Hopkins is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine who is in private practice in Sacramento, (916) 422-6666
Retired California. He is the Medical Director for Employee Health Services and Utilization Management at 6446 Riverside Blvd
Jane Stan, MBA Sutter Medical Center Sacramento and former Medical Director for the Tobacco Cessation Program, Sacramento, CA
Program Manager, Area 4 Agency on Aging and Bariatric Program. Dr. Hopkins currently serves as the Chief Medical Correspondent for KCRA-3 in
95831 Directions
Cynthia Vanzant, MSW, Ed.D. Sacramento, an NBC-affiliate television station.
Sacramento County DHHS Tobacco Use in Seniors: It’s Never Too Late to Quit from Elk Grove:
Ingrid Williamson Learning Objectives: • I-5 North-Sacramento/
Account Executive, American Medical Response Supported by the 1. Review statistics of tobacco use in seniors Los Angeles.
Lola Young Sacramento County 2. Discuss health consequences of tobacco use • Take the Florin Road
Senior Senator, California Senior Legislature Mental Health Board 3. Describe strategies to quit tobacco use Directions from Downtown: Exit onto Florin Road
• I-5 South-Sacramento/Los Angeles. West
Jonathan Porteus, PhD, RAS, NCAC1 • Take 43rd Avenue Exit (Exit #514), turn • Turn LEFT on Riverside
CONFERENCE SPONSORS Premiere - $1000 Dr. Porteus is the Director of Clinical Services for The Effort, Inc. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psy- RIGHT on 43rd Ave. Blvd.
chology from Adelphi University in NewYork. He is a psychologist, registered addictions specialist and • 43rd Avenue becomes Riverside Blvd. • Elks Lodge is at Florin
Major - $500 nationally certified addictions counselor I. Dr. Porteus currently serves as faculty for the Commission on • Elks Lodge is just past Florin Road on the RIGHT. Road on the RIGHT.
Peace Officer Standards and Training for the Department of Justice for the state of California.
Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance-use Disorders in Older Adults
Learning Objectives: Continuing Education Hours
Contributing - $250 1. Participants will learn about co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders in older LCSW/MFT: Course meets the qualifications for four (4) continuing education hours
2. Participants will learn essential treatment strategies for co-occurring disorders in older adults as required and sponsored by the Sacramento County Department of
David E. Smith, MD, FASAM, FAACT Behavioral Health, Provider #PCE 3475.
Dr. Smith founded the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics in 1967, inaugurating the principle of “Health Care BRN: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider
is a Right, not a Privilege.” He is Medical Director of Center Point, in San Rafael, California, and Chair, #07144 for 4.5 units, sponsored by Eskaton.
Adolescent Addiction Treatment, of Newport Academy, in Newport Beach, California. Dr. Smith is a past RCFE: Provider approved on 6/30/10 by the Residential Care Facility for Elderly
President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the California Society of Addiction CEU Course, #236-0409-16312 for four (4) hours, sponsored by Eskaton.
Medicine (CSAM), and the Founder and Executive Editor of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. NHAP: Provider approved on 6/30/10 by the Nursing Home Administrator Pro-
Prescription Drug Misuse and Substance Abuse in the Elderly gram, #0289005-8780/P for four (4) hours of continuing education credit,
Learning Objectives: sponsored by Eskaton.
1. Describe patterns of prescription drug misuse and substance abuse in the elderly. CCADC: Provider #5-05-423-1111
2. Describe different medical system prevention, treatment, intervention, and treatment strategies for the elderly. Approved for CASI-II Provider #5132

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