Free Professional Development Conference: Highlights the Impact of Opioid Misuse on Older Adults

Join us for a free professional development conference exploring the impact of opioid use and misuse on older adults. This conference will provide three clock hours of continuing education units for Ohio social workers and nurses.

This half-day conference features two workshops led by nationally respected experts who will provide practical knowledge and understanding of the complexity of opioid use in the older adult population and discuss the relationship between chronic pain and addiction.

Event Schedule:

• 8:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
• 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Workshop A – Supporting older adults amid the addiction crisis: Insights from the Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition
• 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
• 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Workshop B – Chronic pain management and opioid misuse

Continuing Education:
Earn three (3) Social Work* CEUs – registrants must attend both workshops to receive CEUs – partial credit will not be given. CEU certificates will be provided at the end of the conference.

*any continuing education activity that has been approved by the Ohio Board of Social Workers is accepted by the Ohio Board of Nursing for all nurses in the State of Ohio