Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF) will be hosting their 22nd Annual “Coping and Caring” Conference and Expo on Thursday February 4, 2010. This years’ conference will address such topics as: “Coping as a Couple”; “I Have Alzheimer’s Disease, Now What?” “Brain Training & Alzheimer’s Research Update”; and Financing your Future Health Care Needs.”

The conference, aimed at families and professional caregivers dealing with the hardships of Alzheimer’s disease and related Dementias, will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Ruth S. Harley University Center at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530: 516-877-3610. Admission for family caregivers is $45, professional caregivers $85 and students with valid ID $25, and includes continental breakfast, lunch and program materials. The featured speakers for the conference include:

* Dementia Training Specialist Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA,

* Alan Mazurek, M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan and Attending Neurologist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

* Rose Marie Mathew, D.O. Board certified neurologist who received her medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

* Renowned Legal Advisory Panel composed by LIAF

The conference is being sponsored by News 12 Long Island, The Elder & Special Needs Law Practice of Felicia Pasculli, Esq., The Bristal Assisted Living, Harbor House Assisted Living, Personal Touch Homecare, All Metro Health Care, and Family First Home Companions.

* CEU credits will be available for Social Workers.

* LIAF will provide on-site respite for a fee of $20 for the day.

Celebrating over 20 years of service, LIAF has been helping to “light the way and lighten the burden” for families struggling with Alzheimer’s disease. LIAF offers a wide range of services, including social model adult day programs and in home respite care. For more information and to register call Anna Warmuz at 516-767-6856 / www.liaf.org