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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2011

Since 2006, the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) has recognized June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) (for more information, visit the INPEA website).

Project Wisdom marked WEAAD 2011 by hosting a public lecture by Dr. Kenise Murphy Kilbride on research with senior immigrants in Ontario titled “Speaking With Seniors and Their Families: A first-language investigation of the needs for holistic approaches to service.” (see links below)

This event provided a forum in which community members and service providers could connect with each other and to learn together about the unique issues faced by immigrant seniors that can place them at greater risk of abuse.

Summaries and the full reports on phases 1 and 2 of Dr. Murphy Kilbride’s research are available for download below. You can also watch her complete presentation in 4 episodes by clicking on the links below.

Research summaries:

Translated summaries of Dr. Murphy Kilbride’s research are also available on the CERIS Metropolis Project Website in the following langauges:Cantonese, English, Farsi, Gujarati, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, and Urdu (click here to access CERIS page)

Full reports:

  • Phase 1: Interim Report on Speaking with Senior Immigrants and Their Families: A first-language investigation of the needs for holistic approaches to service (click here to download)
  • Phase 2: Speaking with Immigrant Seniors and Families who Sponsored a Senior: Final report on Phase II (click here to download)

WEAAD 2011 Presentation: Senior Immigrants Speak about Abuse (Dr. Kenise Murphy Kilbride, Chang School, Ryerson University)

Dr. Kenise Murphy Kilbride is Acting Director of the Gateway Program for Internationally Educated Professionals in the Chang School for Continuing Education at Ryerson Unversity, Adjunct Professor in the School of Early Childhood Education and the Maurice Yeats Graduate School at Ryerson, and a Senior Scholar at the Centre for Excellence in Research on on Imigration and Settlement (CERIS), where she was one of three founding directors, and remains and active researcher in the area of settlement issues.