Among our greatest challenges as a nation
today is making America a safe place
to grow old
.”  — Lisa Nerenberg


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Recent and Upcoming Activities and Publications

Awards

  • Lifetime Achievement Award from Legal Assistance for Seniors, Oakland, California, April 30, 2007

Publications

Elder Abuse Prevention,
Nerenberg, L. (2007). Elder Abuse Prevention: Emerging Trends and Promising Strategies. New York: Springer.

Pub Date: 12/2007
320 pp Hardback
ISBN10: 0826103278
ISBN13: 9780826103277
20% discount for my readers

  • Deem, D., Nerenberg, L., & Titus, R. (2007). Victims of financial crime. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of Crime (3 ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Nerenberg, L. (2006). Communities respond to elder abuse. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 46 (3/4).

Recent and Upcoming Presentations

  • Hosted web forum on elder abuse for the Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. Department of Justice) on March 22, 2006.
  • Best Practices in Elder Abuse. Plenary address at the Protecting the Golden Years tenth annual Pinal-Gila Elder abuse conference. San Carlos, Arizona. March 16, 2007
  • Best Practices in Elder Abuse Prevention. Opening plenary address at the Weaving the Safety Net conference of Legal Assistance to Seniors. Oakland, California. April 30, 2007
  • Coordinated Community Response to Victims of Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence at the Building Capacity for a Coordinated Community Response in Miami-Dade County workshop sponsored by The Agency for Training and Treatment and the Center on Aging of Florida International University. June 14, 2007
  • Multiple panels at the 12th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma. September 14-20, 2007
  • Elder Abuse Prevention: Trends, Challenges & Promising Practices. Workshop at the Something New Under the Sun conference sponsored by the County Welfare Directors Association. October 11, 2007
  • Elder Abuse Prevention: Trends, Challenges and Practices. Workshop at the 2008 Annual Conference of the California Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. April 5, 2008

Curricula Development

  • Improving the Response to Elder Abuse: a Curriculum for Law Enforcement Agencies. Comprehensive (9-module) training curriculum, co-authored with Candace Heisler, for the Police Executive Research Forum (2007)
  • Recognizing and Responding to Elder Abuse, a curriculum for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Professionals. Co-authored with Eileen Goldman and Sharon Turner for City College of San Francisco. Currently developing on-line version. (2006-2007)
  • Authored Legal, Ethical and Practice Issues in Self Neglect Cases, an 8-hour advanced training program for Adult Protective Services workers, for Project Master at the Academy for Professional Excellence; San Diego State University School of Social Work
  • Created Hiring In-Home Helpers webcast, for the Elder Financial Protection Network in partnership with SeniorNet and funded through a grant from AT&T. http://www.seniornet.org/php/default.php?PageID=8215
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