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National
Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA)
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, 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
NCPEA's accomplishments include:
- Producing the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, a peer-reviewed international publication, and Nexus, our newsletter
- Promoting programs and coalition-building at the state and local level
- Advocating for victims before Congressional committees
- Participating in forums to set national policy
- Consulting on the Elder Justice Act
- Conducting research to evaluate intervention programs
- Producing an award-winning video training program
- Providing international leadership
Our
President
NCPEA President Randolph W. Thomas is a retired police officer having served for over 26 years in the law enforcement profession. His experience encompasses patrol, investigations, planning and research and over 14 years as a law enforcement trainer. He develops and presents training material relating to the investigation of child and elder abuse and juvenile crime. Mr. Thomas was the Project Director for South Carolina's law enforcement domestic violence training program. He was a member of the South Carolina Adult Protection Coordinating Council and has served on a number of committees in the area of Elder Abuse and serves in an advisory capacity to the United States Department of Justice in the area of elder abuse.
He has been an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the area of juvenile delinquency, crime prevention and child abuse. Mr. Thomas currently presents training to law enforcement and social service personnel in the area of elder abuse investigations throughout the United States. He provides consulting services to law enforcement and others in the investigation of elder abuse cases. Mr. Thomas is a retied Colonel (United States Army) with over 37 years experience (active and reserve) as an intelligence officer. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Chaminade University ( Honolulu, 1971) and his Master's degree in Political Science from the University of South Florida ( Tampa, 1974).
Our
Board
Officers:
President: Pamela B. Teaster, Ph.D.
President Elect: Bettye Mitchell, MA
Vice President: Georgia Anetzberger, Ph.D., ACSW
Treasurer: Susan J. Aziz, MA
Clerk:
Paula Mixson, LMSW-AP
Immediate Past President: Randolph W. Thomas, MA
Board
Members:
NCPEA is pleased to announce its new and returning 2008 board members:
Robert B. Blancato, MPA
Dave Baldridge
Patricia Bomba, M.D.,F.A.C.P.
Curtis Clark, MD
Donna Cohen Ph.D.
Julie Coyle, M.Ed., LSW
Trudy Gregorie
Patricia Hawkins MPH, CMC
Jonathan Heller
Mary Lynn Kasunic, MS, RD, CPM
Roselyn Koretzky, J.D., M.Ed.
Bryan A. Liang, J.D., Ph.D., M.D.
Sandra R. Markwood
Diana Meeks-Sjostrom, Ph.D., RN, MSN, FNP-C, ONC,
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Bettye Mitchell, MA
Rebecca Morgan
Denise Nelesen, LCSW
Martha Pelaez
Elizabeth Podnieks
Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik, Ph.D.
Winsor C. Schmidt, J.D., LL.M.
Daniel J. Sheridan Ph.D., RN
Susan Somers, J.D.
Anthony J. Stoltz, CPA
Hon. Thomas A. Swift, Judge
James Vanden Bosch, MA
Marilyn Whalen, MSSW |
Membership
Categories
Individual membership includes a subscription to the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect and NCPEA's newsletter nexus. Membership for one year is $60.
Student/Retired Persons membership includes a subscription to the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect and NCPEA's newsletter nexus. Membership for one year is $45.
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 newsletter nexus. Institutional membership is $200/year.
Associate Members are state level agencies that pay the institutional rate and an additional $35.00 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
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
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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.
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Rosalie Wolf Award Recipients
The award was established in 2002 to commemorate the achievements of Rosalie Wolf, a driving force in the field of elder abuse prevention. Dr. Wolf founded and presided over NCPEA and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, edited the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, and conducted groundbreaking research on elder abuse. The award is given to an individual or organization that has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to Rosalie's ideals by promoting awareness through research, education, policy, or practice.
2005 Recipient - Georgia Anetzberger
Georgia Anetzberger, PhD, ACSW, LISW is Assistant Professor for Health Care Administration at Cleveland State University and a consultant in private practice. A Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and an officer (Clerk) of NCPEA, she has spent over 25 years addressing the problem of elder abuse, initially as an adult protective services worker and most recently as a researcher, administrator, and educator concerned with the dynamics of elder abuse situations. Dr. Anetzberger has authored more than thirty publications, including The Etiology of Elder Abuse by Adult Offspring and The Clinical Management of Elder Abuse. A long-time Consulting Editor for the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, she served as the Interim Co-Editor after Dr. Wolf passed away.
One of the first pioneers in the field of elder abuse, Georgia was the architect of Ohio's protective services law for adults. A promoter of interdisciplinary exchange, she founded the Ohio Coalition for Adult Protective Services and the Corsortium Against Adult Abuse. Dr. Anetzberger has served on national and state forums concerned with elder abuse research and policy, and the Governor of Ohio recently appointed Dr. Anetzberger a delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging.
Georgia has developed innovative elder abuse training curricula and “A Model Intervention for Elder Abuse and Dementia”—winner of the American Society on Aging 2000 Best Practice in Human Resources and Aging Award—a project for which she was the principal investigator.
A consummate scholar who has bridged the chasm between policy, practice, research and education, Georgia embodies the ideals and values of Rosalie Wolf. Thoughtful and humble, intellectual and articulate, collaborative and accessible, Dr. Anetzberger is held with the utmost respect in the elder abuse community.
A NCPEA committee selected Georgia Anetzberger to receive the award which will be presented at the 10th International Conference on Family Violence in San Diego, California on September 20, 2005. For information, visit www.fvsai.org.
2004 Recipient - Marie-Therese (M.T.) Connolly
M.T. Connolly is Senior Trial Counsel in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). She joined DOJ in 1986, following a clerkship with the Honorable Paul H. Roney of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. During her tenure with DOJ, Ms. Connolly has brought elder justice and abuse prevention to national prominence. She was appointed by Attorney General Reno to coordinate DOJ's Nursing Home and Elder Justice Initiatives and continues to spearhead activities under the Bush administration, working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and other national, state and local healthcare, public safety, regulatory, social service and law enforcement entities. She is a leading expert in prosecuting abuse in nursing homes.
In the area of advocacy, M.T. was the guiding force behind state and federal work groups, which were created to develop comprehensive responses to abuse and neglect. She served as a resource person to the Senate Special Committee on Aging in the drafting of the Elder Justice Act, the first comprehensive federal legislation to combat elder abuse, soliciting input from experts in diverse disciplines. The Elder Justice Act, exists, in large part, due to her energy, imagination and commitment.
M.T. has also single-handedly pushed forward research and clinical practice agendas. She spearheaded efforts to expand knowledge and expertise into elder abuse and neglect forensics, organizing and convening roundtable discussions of leading researchers, practitioners and policy makers to generate new initiatives, collaborations and expertise in this emergent field. She increased funding for research projects to innovative programs and continues to work with grantees to promote exchange and collaboration.
M.T. is highly-praised and admired by her colleagues for her grasp of the issues, superb intelligence, passion, leadership, enthusiasm, sense of humor and energy. "She is a leader in every sense of the term." Another colleague dubs her "the older American's best friend," who is remarkable for her ability to transcend barriers and accomplish the impossible.
An NCPEA committee selected M.T. Connolly for the award, which was presented at the 9th International Conference on Family Violence in San Diego, California on September 22, 2004.
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