Innovating Elder Justice: New Ways of Using Law, Medicine, and Technology to Address Abuse and Financial Exploitation in an Aging Society
February 16, 2024, 8:45 AM - 1:45 PM | Yale Law School Shuttles will be provided to and from Yale School of Medicine
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Elder abuse is an increasingly recognized problem—affecting 1 in 10 older adults each year. But experts struggle to answer the critical questions: How can it be prevented? And what can be done to help victims? This symposium will bring together legal and medical experts and thought leaders from across the country to discuss the root of the problem, share some of the most promising and innovative responses to date (including interventions that can be employed by medical professionals in clinical settings), and think strategically about how law, technology, and medical expertise can be leveraged to address America’s elder abuse epidemic.
Tentative Schedule
8:45 – 9:15 AM | Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:15 – 9:30 AM | Introduction and Welcome
Heather K. Gerken, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale Law School
10:00 – 11:10 AM | Panel I: Elder Abuse and Financial Fraud: Causes, Enforcement Gaps, Policy Directions
Moderated by Nina Kohn, David M. Levy Professor of Law at Syracuse University; Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law, Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School
Laura Mosqueda, Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California; Director, National Center on Elder Abuse
Kathy Greenlee, Senior Director of Elder Justice Initiatives, Advancing States; former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging (2009-2016)
Marie-Therese (MT) Connolly, President, RISE Collaborative; author of The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life
11:10 – 11:25 AM | Coffee break
11:25 AM – 12:30 PM | Panel II: Innovations in Addressing Elder Fraud and Abuse: Leveraging Law and Technology
Moderated byAlison Hirschel, Director and Managing Attorney of the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative and Rebecca Iannantuoni, Partner, Day Pitney LLP
Liz Loewy, Co-founder & COO of EverSafe; former Chief of the Elder Abuse Unit at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
Fuad Abujarad, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Public Health
Bonnie Olsen, Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
12:30 – 12:45 PM | Closing Remarks: Telling the Story
