The FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS, Communities for a Lifetime in partnership with the Northwest Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc. will be hosting an Elder Summit on “Consumer Protection – Economic and Consumer Fraud”.

This event will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:00 A.M until 12:00 P.M. at the Creative Senior Center 31 Memorial Parkway SW, Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Janine R. Harris, Community Relations Manager, Communities for a Lifetime and Gwen Rhodes, Community Relations Manager, Northwest Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc. will Welcome you to the event and have the opening remarks.

There will be a host of speakers which will include, Joe Stein, Deputy Regional Director, Seniors vs Crime from Region 5, Dana Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Control Fraud Unit Office of the Attorney General Office, Arthur Youngblood, Consumer Outreach & Education Coordinator, Florida Department of Financial Services – Safeguard Our Seniors Initiative, Carl Martin, Circuit 1, Operations Program Administrator, Department of Children and Families, Adult Protective Services.

You are welcome to join us during this event. For more information contact Janine Harris at harrisj@elderaffairs.org or 850-414-2373.