W. June Simmons, founding president and CEO, Partners in Care Foundation, will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 HASC Conference on Aging, Oct. 15, Crowne Plaza Resort Anaheim.

Simmons actively develops programs that meet the mutual needs of patient populations, providers and health care delivery networks to encourage cost-effective, patient-friendly integration of care from hospital to home and community.

She will be joined by several breakout session speakers covering three areas—financial support, clinical innovation, and caregivers support and community resources. The program’s agenda includes:

• The New Age of Aging: Promise and Peril in our Changing World
W. June Simmons, MSW, president/CEO, Partners in Care Foundation

• Innovations in the Health Care of Older Patients: The Use of Remote Monitoring Technology
Lisa Gibbs, M.D., University of California, Irvine SeniorHealth Center
Raciela Austin, NP, University of California, Irvine SeniorHealth Center

• Elder Abuse Victims – What the Public Guardian Can Do
Desiree Davis, Supervising Deputy Public Guardian – Probate Unit
Matt George, Deputy Public Guardian II – Probate Unit

• Beyond Walls: Partnering with Patients, Caregivers, and Community Providers for Better Outcomes
Eileen Koons, Director, Huntington Hospital Senior Care Network

• Incapacity Planning: What Are the Best Legal Tools?
Darlynn Morgan, Attorney, Morgan Law Group

• California’s Caregiver Resource Centers: Supporting Family Caregivers through Innovation and Consumer-Directed Services
Claudia Ellano-Ota, LCSW, Executive Director, Caregiver Resource Center – OC

• How Do I Give Compassion and Not Be Overwhelmed with Emotion?
Debbie Ricker, OTR, Life Care Centers of America

Registration is open for this timely, essential event. Reserve your space online. Please visit www.hasc.org/AgingWell2013 for more information, or contact Maria Velez, (714) 750-2688, mvelez@hasc.org.