In 1997 I made my first housecall as the new medical director of the home visit program in the Division of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College. I directed that program for 13 years and over the course of those years became all too familiar with the world of elder abuse. Recently, I have had the opportunity to focus more on this important topic as a member of NYCEAC's Brooklyn Multidisciplinary Team. As case after case is presented to the team at our weekly conferences it is clear to me that many of the unfortunate victims we discuss and help have lived a lifetime of traumas. As their stories unfold I see that the event that led to our involvement was only one of many over years of abuse. More →
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Date(s) - 04/23/2013
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Elder abuse is shockingly common. More than four million older adults are abused each year in the United States (Acierno, 2010). Whether the form of abuse is defined as financial, physical, sexual, emotional, neglectful, or a combination of these, it is devastating for the victims and for those who love them. With growing knowledge about the aging process, systems of care, and health care reform there is now an unprecedented opportunity to make a difference. Funders will learn about the backdrop in which elder abuse occurs and will be stimulated to think differently about how their priorities, present and future, directly and indirectly, can minimize this awful reality.
Speakers will include Laura Rath, MSG, Senior Program Officer, The Archstone Foundation and the Co-Directors of the Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect and the National Center on Elder Abuse, both located at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine: Laura Mosqueda, MD, and Mary Twomey, MSW. This webinar will be produced by the American Society on Aging. For more information and to register, please click here.
