-Brain damage and cognitive impairment

-Competence

-Diminished capacity, contractual capacity, and donative capacity

-Coercion and undue influence evaluations

-Elder abuse -- physical, sexual, and financial abuse or exploitation

-Assessing undue influence

 

 

Elder abuse is a social problem of increasing magnitude in the United States.

 

As the elder population continues to grow, local, national, and international

changes are occurring in criminal and civil litigation. It is more important

than ever that attorneys have a practical and reliable way to understand mental

capacity and its assessment. Also, because illness, disability, and medication

use is common within the elderly population, it is often necessary to determine

whether the victims' mental capacity competency is (or was) impaired.

 

This program features Dr. Bryan Kemp, Ph.D., Program in Geriatrics, University of California at Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA. Dr. Kemp obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Aging from the University of Southern California. He has worked in the fields of geriatrics, geriatric mental health and rehabilitation for over 30 years. He currently holds several related positions. At the University of California, Irvine he is Professor of Medicine and Psychology in the School of Medicine. One of his principal roles in this position is to serve as the medical psychologist for the UCI⁄Orange County Elder Abuse Forensics Center. Dr. Kemp evaluates referrals to the Forensics Center who are alleged victims of financial, sexual or physical abuse. He frequently lectures and trains other professionals on the topics of evaluating capacity, causes of vulnerability and elder financial abuse. He has published over 75 articles and reports, several on elder abuse, including one recently published with Laura Mosqueda, M.D. on an empirical framework for evaluating elder financial abuse. At Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center he is Director of Gerontology Outpatient Programs and Director of the federally-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with a Disability.

 

 

 

Bryan J. Kemp, Ph.D.

Program in Geriatrics, University of California at Irvine School of Medicine Orange, CA.

 

 

- E. David Griffith, Magistrate (Ret.), Colorado Springs, CO

- Martha L. Ridgeway, Ridgway Romeo & Vincent LLC, Louisville, CO

- Lawrence G. Wood, M.D., Director of Patient Safety, Littleton Adventist

 Hospital, Littleton, CO

 

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Grand Junction:  1250 East Sherwood Drive

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