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National
Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA)
NCPEA's
Affiliate Program
Publications
National
Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
Who
We Are
The
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA) is
an association of researchers, practitioners, educators, and advocates
dedicated to protecting the safety, security, and dignity of America's
most vulnerable citizens. It was established in 1988 to achieve
a clearer understanding of abuse and provide direction and leadership
to prevent it. The Committee is one of six partners that make
up the National Center on Elder Abuse, which is funded by Congress
to serve as the nation's clearinghouse on information and materials
on abuse and neglect.
The
mission of NCPEA is to prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation
of older persons and adults with disabilities through research,
advocacy, services, treatment, public and professional awareness,
interdisciplinary exchange, and coalition building.
Specifically,
we:
- Conduct
research to reveal the causes of abuse and effective means for
preventing it
- Contribute
to the scientific knowledge base on elder abuse by identifying
critical information needs and providing vehicles for the exchange
of new research findings
- Promote
collaboration and the exchange of knowledge between diverse
disciplines
- Provide
professionals with information and training to help them effectively
intervene in cases
- Promote
the growth of community coalitions to ensure comprehensive and
well coordinated service delivery
- Raise
community awareness about the problem and solutions
- Advocate
for needed services and enlightened public policy
Our
Accomplishments:
- Since
1989, we have produced the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect,
the nation's leading source of information on research and practice
in the field
- Advocated
on behalf of vulnerable seniors before committees of the United
States Senate and House of Representatives on numerous occasions
- Participated
in forums to set national policy, including the National Institute
of Medicine's Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence
Intervention, the Department of Justice's Focus Group on Abuse
and Victimization of the Elderly, the Administration for Children
and Families' "Next Millennium Conference: Ending Domestic Violence,"
the National Women's Resource Center's "Issues Forum on Violence
and Women Across the Life Cycle," and the Health Resources and
Services Administration's "National Family and Intimate Violence
Prevention Initiative"
- Provided
leadership in the development of initiatives around the world,
including Action on Elder Abuse (United Kingdom), the Latin
American Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, and the
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Promoted
program development and coalition building at the state and
local level through training and technical assistance; our affiliate
program; small grants; and a quarterly newsletter, nexus, that
provides state of the art information about professional practice
and services
- Evaluated
the efficacy of interventions and approaches to stopping abuse,
including community coalitions, shelters, and support groups
- Produced
award winning professional training resources
Our
President
NCPEA
President Bob Blancato is President of Matz, Blancato & Associates,
Inc., a firm integrating public relations, government affairs
and advocacy services. He assumed this position in 1996. Immediately
prior, he served as the Executive Director of the 1995 White House
Conference on Aging, appointed by President Clinton.
Blancato's
career involves more than twenty-five years in public service
in both the Congress and the Executive branch. This includes serving
as Staff Director of the House Select Committee on Aging's Subcommittee
on Human Services from 1977 through 1988 and as Senior Advisor
until 1993. He holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MPA
from American University. He currently serves as Associate Professorial
Lecturer in the Graduate School of Political Management at George
Washington University and continues to teach in the Post Masters
Certificate Program at Hunter College in New York.
Our
Board
Officers:
President: Robert B. Blancato
First
Vice President: Pamela B. Teaster
Second
Vice President: Randolph W. Thomas
Secretary:
Erika J. Taylor
Treasurer:
Mary Lynn Kasunic
Board
Members:
Georgia
J. Anetzberger
Susan
J. Aziz
Nora
J. Balderian
Dave
Baldridge
Lorin
Baumhover
Bonnie
Brandl
Roderic
N. Burton
Curtis
B. Clark
Coleman
Costello
Mary
Counihan
Julia
Coyle
Ellie
Crosby
Joy
0. Duke
Carmel
Bitondo Dyer
Trudy
Gregorie
Candace
Heisler
Jonathan
Heller
Mary
Lynn Kasunic |
Thomas
C. Laughlin
Diane
Menio
Bettye
Mitchell
Laura
Mosqueda
Lisa
Nerenberg
Joanne
B. Otto
Elizabeth
Podnieks
Kathleen
M. Quinn
Mary
Joy Quinn
Holly
Ramsey-Klawsnik
Jane
Raymond
Chayo
Reyes
Mary
Ellen Rood
Winsor
C. Schmidt
Lori
A. Stiegel
Toshio
Tatara
Marilyn
Whalen
James
A. Wright |
Membership
Categories
Individual
membership in NCPEA includes a subscription to the Journal
of Elder Abuse & Neglect and NCPEA's semi-annual newsletter. Membership
for one year is $40. Members may subscribe to nexus for an additional
$10.
Advocate
membership is for individuals at a rate of $15/year. Advocates
receive subscriptions to nexus and NCPEA's semi-annual newletter.
Institutional
memberships are for organizations, including area agencies
on aging, nursing homes, Attorney Generals' offices, state APS
units, and others. Membership includes subscriptions to the Journal
of Elder Abuse & Neglect and NCPEA's semi-annual newletter. Institutional
membership is $125/year.
Associate Members are state level agencies that pay the
institutional rate and an additional $24.00 for each of their
local or regional offices to receive subscriptions to the Journal
of Elder Abuse & Neglect.
Make
a Donation
You
can support NCPEA's important work by making a donation. Your
contribution will help us:
- Explore
the nature and extent of the problem and promising approaches
to preventing it
- Increase
recognition by policy-makers, professionals, and the public
about elder abuse and the need for new services and public policy
- Maintain
and improve our website
- Support
our affiliates in building grassroots, local coalitions to meet
local needs
- Provide
leadership in advocating for change at the national and international
levels
Send
your donation to:
Bob
Blancato
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
1101 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20002
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National
Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Affiliate Program
NCPEA's
Affiliate program was created to promote NCPEA's goals at the
local and state levels. Affiliates are coalitions of professionals,
concerned citizens, and advocates. The affiliate program provides
a mechanism for its member coalitions to share ideas and resources,
and to advocate for needed services, policy, and funding. The
affiliate newsletter, nexus, provides updates on affiliate activities,
explores cutting edge issues, and profiles new products and resources.
Affiliates are provided with training and technical assistance,
discounts on materials, state-of-the-art information about abuse
and effective service strategies, and subscriptions to nexus for
their all their members. Each affiliate also receives a subscription
to the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect and individual affiliate
members can join NCPEA at reduced rates.
In
1998, the NCPEA Affiliate Program launched "Serving Elderly Victims
of Financial Exploitation," a project funded by the Archstone
Foundation, to support new and innovative projects to prevent
financial abuse. Representatives from each program attended a
2-day intensive skills building workshop and were provided with
small grants to pilot innovative projects and services. Affiliates
rose to the challenge by creating a variety of creative and promising
new initiatives. For information on the project, click
here.
For
more information on the work of the individual Affiliates, check
out Spotlight on Affiliates.
Join
an Affiliate
To
find out if your community has an NCPEA affiliate, visit our Spotlight
on Affiliates page. If your community has a coalition,
council, or organization whose mission includes preventing elder
abuse abuse and neglect, or if you would like to start one, consider
starting an affiliate (see below).
Start
an Affiliate
If
you are just starting out, NCPEA can help you as you organize
your coalition. We have described three phases in developing an
elder abuse prevention program. Regardless of whether you are
at the stage of getting organized (Phase One), formalizing your
structure (Phase Two) or well on your way to improving services
in your community (Phase Three), NCPEA can help you strengthen
your organization and achieve your goals. Below are descriptions
of each phase of developing an elder abuse prevention coalition.
Click on each link to find out more.
Phase
One
Professionals
and concerned citizens are aware of the problem and want to take
action. This is the time to share common concerns and identify
community needs. It is not the time to focus on organizational
details which might distract or overwhelm the group. It may take
four to six months to get a basic group going. Be certain your
members feel an alliance with one another and a commitment to
the issue before you move on to phase 2.
Phase
Two
This
is the time to begin formalizing your organizational structure
and to create engaging programs that will attract members. It
is a time to establish goals and objectives for the group and
to enlist the support and participation of "key players" in the
community.
Phase
Three
This
is the time to fine tune your organization . . . to refine your
goals, increase membership, educate the community, and become
a visible advocate for new and improved services.
For
more information on joining or starting an affiliate, contact:
Bob
Blancato
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
1101 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 682-4140
(202) 682.3984 (fax)
Email: ncpea@erols.com
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NCPEA
Publications
The
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect
Haworth
Maltreatment & Trauma Press
(An
imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.)
Editor:
Pamela B. Teaster, Assistant Professor in the Kentucky School
of Public Health and Ph.D. Program in Gerontology/Sanders-Brown
Center on Aging
Co-Editor: Georgia Antezberger, University Graduate Faculty
for Health Care Administration at Cleveland State University and
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University
The
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect is devoted to the study
of the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of the mistreatment
of older people. It is the nationŐs oldest and most comprehensive
source of information on elder abuse and neglect. Intended for
researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers in the
fields of aging, health, mental health, social services, adult
protective services, domestic violence, law, and criminal justice,
it provides a forum for the discussion of program development,
policy initiatives, personal commentary, and scientific investigation
about elder abuse and neglect.
Subscriptions
to JEAN are available free of charge to NCPEA members.
For
more information about JEAN, including subscription prices for
individuals and libraries, the content of recent issues, reviews,
and to order a free sample copy, visit the Haworth Press website
at:www.haworthpressinc.com
or click
here.
Table
of Contents
For
a complete listing of articles published in JEAN since its inception,
click here.
Call
for papers
Prospective
authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication
in the journal. For more information about submitting a manuscript,
contact the editors:
Information
coming soon . . .
nexus:
the publication for NCPEA Affiliates
nexus:
the publication for NCPEA affiliates is edited by Lisa
Nerenberg. It provides updates on affiliates' activities, profiles
new materials, and explores new and emergent issues of interest
to practitioners. It comes out three times a years and is available
to NCPEA members on a subscription basis for $10 a year. Copies
are free to members of NCPEA affiliates.
Check
out the nexus reading room
on this site for condensed versions of some of our best interviews
over the years.
Monographs
and videos
Wolf,
R.S. Elder Shelters: U.S., Canada, and Japan (1999, 12 pp). This
publication contains the findings of a recent survey.
Wolf,
R.S. Support Groups for Older Victims of Domestic Violence: Sponsors
and Programs (1998, 37 pp). This publication contains the findings
of a recent survey of programs across the U.S. and Canada.
Wolf,
R.S. (1999) A Research Agenda on Abuse of Older Persons and Disabled
Adults
Elder
Abuse And Neglect In The Family: A Videotape Series
This
three-part videotape training series, produced by Intersection
Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts as part of Project IDEA,
a U.S. Administration on Aging funded project was the first prize
winner in The Retirement Research Foundation's national media
awards. The following videos can be purchased or rented individually
or as a series.
#1
The Hidden Sorrow: An Overview (24 minutes). This overview of
the problem examines definitions of elder abuse and neglect,
and its causes and manifestations, through conversations with
victims, medical staff, and other professionals. It provides
an opportunity to examine individual feelings about "ageism"
and cultural views on aging and old people.
#2
In Pursuit Of A Life Without Violence: Intervention Strategies
(26 minutes). Using four actual cases of elder abuse, social
workers discuss intervention strategies which involve conducting
assessments, developing service plans, coordinating community
services, using the legal system, and building trusting relationships.
#3
Difficult Choices: Ethical Issues In Casework (20 minutes).
Using a case example, a caseworker, lawyers, and other professionals
analyze the civil rights of individuals to live their own lives
without intervention from the state. Issues of competency, victim
reluctance, and quality of life are raised.
Prices:
Rental:
$25.00 for individual tapes and $60.00 for the series
Purchase: $75.00 for individual tapes and $180.00 for the
series
To
order, contact:
Bob
Blancato
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
1101 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 682-4140
(202) 682.3984 (fax)
Email: ncpea@erols.com
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