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) - 04/18/2013
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Presented by the Jewish Women International‘s (JWI) National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse, this webinar will explore diverse experiences of financial abuse, consider the short-term and long-term effects of financial abuse on a survivor’s recovery and focus on how service providers and the criminal justice system can better serve financial abuse survivors.
By the end of this webinar, participants will:
- Identify different forms of financial abuse;
- Consider financial abuse’s short-term and long-term effects on survivors;
- Gain strategies for integrating financial abuse recovery into domestic violence services; and
- Understand criminal justice and civil remedies for survivors of financial abuse.
For additional information about this webinar, and to register, please click here.
