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Today, everyday Americans are debating what America’s founders meant by justice and what it means today. What better time to explore what justice means for older Americans and people of all ages who aspire to live rich and meaningful lives.
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Lisa Nerenberg, MSW, MPH is Executive Director of the California Elder Justice Coalition. She formerly taught classes in gerontology, elder abuse, and ageism at City College of San Francisco. She has written and lectured extensively on elder justice and elder abuse, with a focus on multidisciplinary teams, innovations in policy and practice, undue influence, and public health approaches to achieving health equity. In her Elder Justice, Ageism and Elder Abuse (Springer, 2019), Lisa offers an ecological model for combatting ageism and promoting justice that focuses on individual rights, abuses of power, community engagment, parity within and between communities, and stuctural forms of ageism. Her earlier Elder Abuse Prevention: Emerging Trends and Promising Strategies (Springer, 2008) describes what the public, government, agencies, and advocates can do to prevent abuse, treat its effects, and ensure justice.
