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Register for the NYC Elder Abuse Conference being held on May 23, 2012
Stopping Elder Abuse: Preparedness and Early Intervention May 23, 2012 Wednesday • 8:00am-3:30pm at The New School 66 West 12th Street, NYC Click here for the brochure and registration information.
Register for the Jarvie June 2012 Colloquium: The Many Faces of Aging
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR JARVIE’S 17TH ANNUAL COLLOQUIUM: THE MANY FACES OF AGING Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive (120th Street), New York, NY 10115 Click here for more information about the conference.
Financial Exploitation Documentary – In NYC Theaters through April 19, 2012
Taking Advantage of Elders New York Times Review Opens on Friday, April 13, 2012 in Manhattan. For more information, click here. Directed by Deborah Louise Robinson 1 hour 22 minutes; not rated So your normally prudent 69-year-old mother has taken up with an unemployed salsa instructor half her age, and now he’s living in her spare …
More scams are targeting older Americans
Published: Sunday, March 04, 2012, 10:41 AM Updated: Sunday, March 04, 2012, 10:56 AM By The Associated Press The Associated Press Alex Brandon / The Associated Press, 2011Entertainer Mickey Rooney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in March 2011 about elder abuse before the Senate Aging Committee. Rooney is suing his stepson and others …
NPR’s Marketplace: Stealing from the Old
This NPR radio show features NYC Elder Abuse Center’s (NYCEAC) Director Mark Lachs – Co-Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College and NYCEAC’s Steering Committee member Liz Loewy – ADA, New York County District Attorney’s Office. Kai Ryssdal: Here’s kind of an amazing number from a study they …
As USA grays, elder abuse risk and need for shelters grow
By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY This USA Today article focuses on the need for more elder abuse shelters, mentioning that NYCEAC’s partner – the Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Bronx in New York City – is a model for others in the country. http://usat.ly/wtQRnn For more information …
Gone Without a Case: Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated
http://www.propublica.org/article/gone-without-a-case-suspicious-elder-deaths-rarely-investigated Post Mortem Death Investigation in America (Andres Cediel/Frontline) Nothing, it seemed, was unusual about Joseph Shepter’s death. A retired U.S. government scientist, Shepter spent his final two years dwelling in a nursing home in Mountain Mesa, Calif., a small town northeast of Bakersfield. A stroke had paralyzed much of his body, while dementia …
The Shame of Elder Abuse and the Silence of Washington
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-b-blancato/elder-abuse-washington_b_1175299.html?ref=politics Posted: 12/29/11 06:18 PM ET As we close the holiday season, we are reminded that one sad reality, elder abuse, takes no holiday. In fact, recent studies show that abuse of older adults, especially financial abuse, increases dramatically during the holiday season. Today, more than one in ten older adults will be victims of some form of elder …
Financial abuse of the elderly is approaching a crisis, researcher says
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/136119793.html?cmpid=15585797 Financial abuse of the elderly is approaching a crisis, researcher says By Chris Mondics Inquirer Staff Writer Posted: Fri, Dec. 23, 2011, 7:00 AM Mark Lachs says an epidemic of thefts and fraud targeting the elderly – by lawyers, financial advisers, family members, and others – is fast becoming a national crisis. He should …