Every day the lives of older adults are profoundly and negatively impacted in both the criminal and civil justice systems based on mistaken assumptions and inadequate assessments of their capacity to make decisions for themselves. In order to raise greater awareness of these issues and improve how elder justice professionals approach these issues, the Department of Justice will be hosting the Elder Justice Decision-Making Capacity Symposium, a FREE three-day virtual conference on April 19-21.

The Symposium will focus on the ways that perceptions of an older adult’s decision-making capacity can impact their treatment in criminal and civil proceedings. These may include elder abuse or fraud prosecutions not being pursued; unnecessary or inappropriate guardianships being imposed; and civil legal remedies being denied to older victims of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.

The link to the Department of Justice website describing the Symposium is attached here:  https://www.justice.gov/elderjustice/symposium

The complete agenda for the Symposium is attached here –

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For additional information concerning elder abuse actions, visit:

Will Contests and Probate Litigation

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NJ Guardianship and Fiduciary Services