NCPEA - National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

Renew Your
NCPEA Membership For 2012

 

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2011 NCPEA Members!

Thank you for your membership and continued support of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse in 2011. It is time to renew your membership for 2012. NCPEA is a unique organization in the field of elder justice – because you, our members, represent a tremendous range of expertise, experience, professional wisdom, and geographic and organizational diversity. Your issues and knowledge shape this field, your challenges point to things we need to address together by problem solving, sharing models and strategies, and influencing policy. Your continued support is needed to sustain our work.

You may update your membership by mailing in the attached form or renewing online at www.preventelderabuse.org.  Your information is already in the system – just go to the MEMBERS tab, log in with your username and password and press RENEW TODAY (a menu item on the top of the page, next to “calendar”). Email Jeff Beam at jbeam@preventelderabuse.org with any questions about your login information.

If you are representing an organization, you may want to consider upgrading from an individual to an institutional/organizational level membership, if you have not already done so. 63% of NCPEA members register as individuals, but provide an organizational address. We would like to be able to acknowledge the involvement of these organizations – funders and legislators want to know who we represent, and we gain legitimacy by showing our connection to these varied parts of the field. As of 2011, there is also a new level of membership for coalitions. Coalition members have an online forum for facilitated dialogue and exchange of materials, will receive virtual training on coalition-building, and be automatically listed in the websites of both NCPEA and the National Center on Elder Abuse. Beginning in 2012 we are offering institutional/organizational and coalition members online access to JEAN (in addition to print copy) as well as the opportunity to display and link their website on the NCPEA website and facebook page. You may also choose to upgrade your membership to a Supporter level, with options ranging from $250 - $5,000. Your additional donation would provide critically needed operating funds, and would be gratefully acknowledged in our public communications.

Benefits for all members include quarterly issues of JEAN, The Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect (a $130 value); a 15% discount


on products from Terra Nova Films; reduced member rates on NCPEA educational activities and publications; the opportunity to do national work with NCPEA through committees; and access to NCPEA members-only resources, networking, and promotions. Special bonus: Members who renew before 12/31/11 will get a distinctive NCPEA wristband!

It has been a very productive year.  The attached Report to Members: Highlights of NCPEA Work in 2011 tells you about what we have been doing.  In brief, last year, we concluded our grant-funded work with the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) to develop local elder justice coalitions and build NCEA’s database of laws, legal statutes and promising practices. We also completed a new study on financial exploitation and brochure on elder abuse, funded by MetLife Mature Market Institute. We were awarded subcontracts to work with the new NCEA and the new National APS Resource Center.

 

Your membership dues, donations and personal involvement supported the rest of our work.  With your support, we produced four issues of JEAN, co-sponsored three conferences, provided numerous workshops, webinars, publications, online resources and public testimony. We answered hundreds of emails and calls from victims, family and neighbors who were seeking help with active incidents of elder abuse. We continuously supplied expert information for government, researchers and the media. We are grateful for your dues, contributions and participation, which make all this possible. We hope that you recognize that your investment in NCPEA supports results that matter.

 

We need you! We invite you to renew your membership, participate in NCPEA’s committees, keep yourself informed on current news and trends, and strengthen our collective efforts.

Sincerely,

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Bettye Mitchell, Mitchell, MA

NCPEA President