FOR GRANTMAKERS: Elder Abuse: How Funders Can Make a Difference
The next Conversations with Grantmakers in Agining (GIA) is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 2:00pm ET. Leaders in the field will lead a lively discussion about the devastating consequences of elder abuse and how funders can help minimize the reality.
The next Conversations with Grantmakers in Agining (GIA) is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 2:00pm ET. Leaders in the field will lead a lively discussion about the devastating consequences of elder abuse and how funders can help minimize the reality.
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 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.
Speakers:
- Laura Mosqueda, MD, Chair and Professor of Family Medicine, Director of Geriatrics, Co-Director ,Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect and National Center on Elder Abuse
- Mary Twomey, MSW, Co-Director, Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect and National Center on Elder Abuse
- Laura Rath, MSG, Senior Program Officer, The Archstone Foundation
Click here to register for the Webinar. This free program is open to all grantmakers.
