Symposium Program Agenda

Welcome & Presentation of Tamkin Scholars

Laura Mosqueda, MD

Lessons Learned from Child Abuse

Jay Belsky, PhD

How Theory Informs Research

• Sidney M. Stahl, PhD
  A General Field Theory of Elder Abuse: It’s not Rocket Science, It’s Harder.
• Sherry Hamby, PhD
  Resilience Portfolios: A Framework for a More Strengths-Based Approach to Working with Older Adult Victims
• Ron Acierno, PhD
  Protection Through Connection: Social Support as a Key Intervention and Prevention Component in Elder Abuse

Break

Breaking the Taboo: Sexual Assault in Late Life as a Multifaceted Phenomenon – Toward a Theoretical Framework

Tova Band-Winterstein, PhD

Evidence-Based Programs to Improve the Wellbeing of People with Dementia and Their Caregivers

Sue Kurrle, MD, PhD

Lunch

Theories and Concepts About Caregiving: Implications for Research and Prevention

Highlighted Speaker: Steven Zarit, PhD
Interviewer: Bonnie Olsen, PhD

Understanding Culture to Address Elder Abuse: Two Dimensions

Amanda Phelan, PhD, MSc

Break

Ending Nursing Home Violence

Karl Pillemer, PhD

Breakfast

Welcome & Presentation Georgia Anetzberger Award

Laura Mosqueda, MD

Using Big Data to Answer Research Questions on Elder Mistreatment

• Melissa Howe, PhD
  National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP)
• Mary Twomey, MSW and Maria Green, MS
  National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS)
• Zach Gassoumis, PhD
  Elder Mistreatment Data: From Science to Surveillance

Break

If You Could Add Three Questions About Elder Abuse to a Data Set:

1. What data set would you choose?
2.What question would you ask?

Lunch

Summary Discussion of Working Groups

Alexis-Coulourides-Kogan

Message from the Administration for Community Living

Lance Robertson

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

Marie-Therese Connolly

Symposium Closing

Laura Mosqueda, MD