Keeping Pace with WEAAD’s Founder, Elizabeth PodnieksThis essay was first published in 2024 by the National Center on Elder Abuse. It recounts the origins of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day…May 29May 29
Ageism Awareness Day is today, and every day along the wayAgeism is part of a larger web of inequalities. A life course approach is key to addressing these interconnected impediments. Addressing…Oct 9, 2024Oct 9, 2024
Published inBeyondGuardianshipFraming Our FuturesA Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging is best viewed through a personal and public framing of our future, envisioned with a…Sep 15, 2024Sep 15, 2024
Published inBeyondGuardianshipStrengthening Elder Justice: A Strategy for EvaluationUpholding elder justice requires a foundation of rights and trust. Evaluating how society approaches guardianship and other protective…Jul 8, 2024Jul 8, 2024
Published inBeyondGuardianshipThe Elder Justice Coordinating Council, in partnership with members, can address and arrest adult…Under separate cover, this essay was respectfully submitted to the Administration for Community Living, representing the Elder Justice…Apr 24, 2024Apr 24, 2024
Published inBeyondGuardianshipElder Justice is the Promise of Trust; Abuse and exploitation is the ultimate betrayal of trustIn Betrayal (2001), James Hillman observes (from Connie Zweig, 2021):Apr 24, 2024Apr 24, 2024
Published inBeyondGuardianshipElder Justice: A blueprint for an emerging coalition, scaled society-wideIn this essay, I present a blueprint for the elder justice movement that lays out how concerned persons can stand up and make a difference…Feb 9, 2024A response icon3Feb 9, 2024A response icon3
Published inBeyondGuardianshipA Paradigm Shift: From reactive ‘stop elder abuse’ campaigns to proactive, preventive elder justiceWhen people ask me if I am retired, I take it as a leading question. In dignified defiance, I reply, “No, I’m advocating for elder…Nov 17, 2023Nov 17, 2023
Published inBeyondGuardianshipPress On!Journalists dig deep to divulge systemic corruption and amplify concerned citizens’ calls to action to address and arrest adult…Aug 15, 2023A response icon3Aug 15, 2023A response icon3
Personal Liberty Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date, Neither Does JusticeAdult guardianship needs reform desperately to be consistent with our United States’ constitutional rights and a strengths-based approach…Aug 25, 2022Aug 25, 2022
