CREST National Conference
The CREST conference on Self-Neglect was held on June 23 - 24, 2006 at the University of Texas Health Science Center - School of Nursing in Houston, Texas.
Featured Speakers:
- Sidney Stahl, PhD : "The Need for Trans-disciplinary Researcy on Self-neglect and Elder Mistreatment"
- Marie Therese Connolly, JD: The Research Imperative in Elder Mistratment"
- Terry Fulmer, RN, PhD: "The Challenges in Neglect Research"
Presentations by CREST Consortium members:
- Carmel Dyer, MD: "Why study self-neglect?"
- Sabrina Pickens, MSN, RNC & Jason Burnett, MS: "Meetig the Challenges of Conducting Research in this population"
- P. Adam Kelly, PhD: "Preliminary Findings of the SSS"
- Mark Lachs, MD: "The CREST SSS: As Good as it Gets"
- Laura L. Prati, LMSW, M.Ed.: "The CREST Self-neglect Model"
Plenary sessions - moderated by Marianne Marcus, Ed.D., RN
- Greg Paveza, PhD, MSW: "What is social typology of self-neglect?" Discussant: Edward Laumann, PhD
- Paul Massman, PhD: "The role of excutive function in self-neglect" Discussant: Jim O'Brien, MD
- John Foreyt, PhD: "Testing the feasibility of intervention in self-neglect using nutritional supplementation and motivational counseling" Discussant: Maria Palou, MD
- Aanand Naik, MD: "The COMP Screen: a screening tool for capacity in the setting of elder self-neglect" Discussant: Lawrence McCullough, PhD
- Terry Lohrenz, PhD: "What can we learn from neuroimaging?" Discussant: Ursula Braun, MD
- Rachelle Doody, MD, PhD: "Validation of the SSS" Discussant: Gerald Jogerst, MD
- Carmel Dyer, MD: "What are the longitudinal outcomes of self-neglect? Background, preliminary findings, approach" Discussant: Robert Wallace, MD
Comments - from External Advisory Board: "Clinical and policy applications of the research": Laura Mosqueda, MD; Candace Heisler, JD; Joanne Otto, MSW, Randolph Thomas, MA, Bonnie Brandl, MSW, & Lori Stiegel, JD