This webinar will describe the experience of capacity evaluations that use telecommunications-assisted remote interviews. The presenter will discuss the development and applicability of this approach as well as expansion of the service to adult protective services (APS) agencies and their clients in all areas of the State of Texas.
Presenter Bio:
John M. Halphen, JD, MD, is an associate professor of geriatric and palliative medicine at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is the medical director of the Adult Forensic Assessment Center Network, also in Houston. He has been performing capacity and medical assessments for APS since 2007 and is board certified in family medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Halpern has been trained and licensed as a pharmacist and lawyer.