Conferences

Borchard Conference 2000.
The Borchard Foundation Center served as the convener, organizer and primary sponsor for a national conference on legal and ethical issues in the progression of dementia held November 29 - December 2, 2000 in Athens, Georgia. Multi-disciplinary experts invited to be part of this unique conference collaborated to produce a set of recommendations and articles addressing the legal and ethical dilemmas presented by the progression of dementia. Conference co-sponsors included the ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, the Alzheimer's Association, the National Academy of Elder Lawyers, and the University of Georgia School of Law. Conference papers and recommendations were published in 35 Georgia Law Review, No. 2, Winter 2001.

Wingspan 2001.
The Second National Guardianship Conference known as Wingspan convened at Stetson University College of Law on November 30 - December 1, 2001, more than a decade after Wingspread. By invitation only, Wingspan gathered a multi-disciplinary group of experts to collaborate in writings and in workshops on the extent of and recommendations for further guardianship reform. Stetson University College of Law was the primary academic sponsor with co-sponsorship provided by the Borchard Foundation Center, the ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, the National College of Probate Judges, the Supervisory Council of the ABA Section on Real Property Probate and Trust, the National Guardianship Association, the Center for Medicare Advocacy, the Arc of the United States and the Center for Social Gerontology. Commissioned papers and conference recommendations were published in XXXI 2002 Stetson Law Review (2003).

Vulnerable Adult Financial Abuse Conference 2003.
On April 25, 2003, the Borchard Foundation Center co-sponsored a day-
long conference on vulnerable adult financial abuse with the S.J. Quinney College of Law and Utah Adult Protective Services. The participants, which included lawyers, judges, law enforcement and adult protective services, examined the financial abuse and exploitation of vulnerable adults in Utah, focusing on the extent of the problem and exploring
viable remedies.

Facilitating Voting as People Age: Implications of Cognitive Impairment.
The Borchard Foundation Center will co-sponsor a conference on March 21 – 24, 2007 at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law at Sacramento, California. The goal of this conference is to facilitate voting by older persons with cognitive disabilities while avoiding fraud and exploitation of this vulnerable population. The conference will bring together leaders with multi-disciplinary perspectives on the legal issues that impact voting by aging persons with differing levels of cognitive impairment. The conference proceedings, recommendations and commissioned papers will be published in a special Symposium issue of the McGeorge Law Review.