“We wanted to emphasize that elder abuse happens every day, everywhere in the City, and that it ‘hits close to home,’ as the ads say,” explains Resnick. “We wanted people to understand that you don’t have to be in a nursing home, or be poor or have dementia to be an elder abuse victim. Because elder abuse is so often perpetrated by family members, anyone is vulnerable. And we wanted to get the message across that it could be happening to a neighbor, a friend, to their own older relative.” More →
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/15/2016
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
The New School
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Legal and social work continuing education credits available
For more information contact [email protected] or 212.273.5281
Conference Partners:
JASA
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging of Hunter College
Be the Evidence
Carter Burden Center for the Aging
David Berg Center for Law and Aging
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
LiveOn NY
New School Institute for Retired Professionals
New York City Department for the Aging
New York City Elder Abuse Center
New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services
