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Conferences: elder abuse 

A major activity for AEA is hosting conferences on issues related to elder abuse and the adult protection agenda.  Throughout each year we organise conferences on specific themes (e.g. medication control and abuse) or about specific services (e.g. sheltered housing), all intended to highlight specific issues or increase the knowledge and awareness of practitioners.

In addition we organise a major two day residential conference each March, which focuses on key activities.  This has become the major adult protection event of the year, invariably opened by a Government Minister and appropriately topical.

We also regularly attend and speak at conferences organised by other organisations, either focusing on our knowledge and experiences of elder abuse in particular, or on our wider knowledge of the adult protection field.  Email or telephone 020 8835 9280 if you wish to book one of our speakers.

Financial Abuse Seminars

An interactive seminar providing up to date information on the increasingly relevant issue of financial abuse. A series of expert speakers will highlight recent research and examples of best practice in efforts to tackle financial offences.

This seminar will be highly interesting and relevant to all those working in safeguarding.

Speakers include

• Detective Superintendent Bob Wishart, Economic Crimes Taskforce (No Secrets Review) – This presentation will focus on the economic crimes strategic analysis that was led by City of London Police as part of The No Secrets Review.  The presentation will detail what was identified in terms of economic crimes against adults at risk of abuse as well as considering the recommendations arising from the review to combat the threat of such offences.
• Deborah Cairns– Detecting and Preventing Financial Elder Abuse Project – This presentation will focus on Phase 1 of a three year research project looking at how professionals make decisions when financial abuse is suspected. Covering financial institutions as well as health and social care this phase of the research is developing case scenarios of financial abuse to aid professionals in identifying risk and making valid interventions.
• Janet Lee -Association of Public Authority Deputies – This presentation will focus on the role of Public Authority Deputies in tackling and preventing financial abuse.  The presentation will show that deputies can provide an essential tool in protecting adults at risk, as well as sharing growing examples of best practice.
• Irwin Mitchell LLP Court of protection Team – The Leading firm of solicitors working in partnership with AEA.  This presentation will focus on the work of this team in protecting the assets of adults at risk and consider the role solicitors can play in spotting and tackling abuse.

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