E4 – The Brown Ones, The Round Ones, The Capsules With Colors: Medication Management – Authority to Authorize Prescription Medication

In simplistic and enjoyable ways, this didactic and musical presentation will address medications, the prescribers of those medications, decision makers, and those who actually dispense medications to adult and senior clients. Topics will embrace issues related to conservatorship, mental health, ethics and practice management.

Speakers

Dr. Steven Rubin

Dr. Steven Rubin

Adult & Geriatric Psychiatry

Steven E. Rubin M.D. specializes in Adult and Geriatric Neurocognitive and Behavioral health care. He is certified by The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has been practicing for 30 years in Reno, Nevada. A previous speaker for PFAC, Dr. Rubin earned his medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 1988, interned at Duke University and completed his Psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia in 1992. He is the author of Autumn Leaves and other works on dementia and aging, gives public and professional education presentations, and performs forensic capacity assessments.