Tarrant Area Gerontological Society | PO Box 162201, Fort Worth, TX 76161 | 817-531-8890
The Tarrant Area Gerontological Society(TAGS) is an organization of individuals interested in aging who advocate for meeting the needs of older adults and sharing the knowledge and information with each other, and the community, in order to make Tarrant County a good place to grow old.
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"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion."
~ Doris Lessing
~ Doris Lessing
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Tarrant Area
Gerontological Society
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Tarrant Area
Gerontological Society
Legislative Update - June/July 2010
from Dee Bergan
Elder Justice Act of 2009 - Part II
The protection of older adults has been largely handled by individual state Adult Protective Services agencies in the past, so we’ve had 50+ different systems in the U.S. for preventing and prosecuting crimes against vulnerable adults. The Elder Justice Act (EJA) now creates an Elder Justice Coordinating Council at the federal level within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). read more
review Part I
Sephra Burks' Bill or Can You Hear Your Fire Alarm?
Smoke detectors only work if one hears them. A deaf or hearing-impaired tenant in Texas now may ask his or her landlord to install a “visual smoke alarm”; the landlord must purchase and install the alarm in the tenant’s bedroom, at the landlord’s expense. continue
from Dee Bergan
Elder Justice Act of 2009 - Part II
The protection of older adults has been largely handled by individual state Adult Protective Services agencies in the past, so we’ve had 50+ different systems in the U.S. for preventing and prosecuting crimes against vulnerable adults. The Elder Justice Act (EJA) now creates an Elder Justice Coordinating Council at the federal level within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). read more
review Part I
Sephra Burks' Bill or Can You Hear Your Fire Alarm?
Smoke detectors only work if one hears them. A deaf or hearing-impaired tenant in Texas now may ask his or her landlord to install a “visual smoke alarm”; the landlord must purchase and install the alarm in the tenant’s bedroom, at the landlord’s expense. continue
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
American Cancer Society
3301 West Freeway - Fort Worth, TX 76116
"Our Ethical Responsibility for Self Care:
What is It and How do We Do It?"
Leslie Lovett, MSW, LCSW
flyer
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
American Cancer Society
3301 West Freeway - Fort Worth, TX 76116
"Our Ethical Responsibility for Self Care:
What is It and How do We Do It?"
Leslie Lovett, MSW, LCSW
flyer
TAGS FALL ETHICS CONFERENCE
Continental Breakfast Sponsor:
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Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County!
Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County!