 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, in support of the United Nations International Plan of Action acknowledging the significance of elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue, was launched on June 15, 2006, to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the cultural, social, economic and demographic processes affecting senior citizens.
Conferences, symposiums, seminars and training classes happen all around the world with this mission in mind.
As a victim’s daughter and also one of the two producers of the ground-breaking documentary “Last Will and Embezzlement”, Pamela S. K. Glasner will be addressing audiences in Washington DC (hosted by Wells Fargo Advisors, at the Mayflower Renaissance) and Phoenix Arizona (hosted by the Area Agency on Aging, at the Chandler Fashion Center) at events where the topic of the day will be the growing epidemic of elder financial abuse.
The DC event is on June 13th and the Phoenix event is on June 14th. If anyone is interested in further information, please visit the film’s official website: www.lastwillandembezzlement.com Details of both conferences:
Washington DC Event:
Day & Time:
Thursday, 13 June, 2013, beginning at 5:30PM
Location:
Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington D.C. (202-347-3000)
Event Description:
Introduction and Welcome Reception followed by screening of “Last Will and Embezzlement”, which will by an audience Q&A featuring Film Producer Pamela S.K. Glasner. After that there will be a Panel Discussion with Professionals
· Liz Lowey – Chief, Elder Abuse Unit, Special Victims/Special Prosecutions Bureau New York County District Attorney’s Office
· Barbra Dieker, Director of Elder Rights, AoA
· Rachel Lakin - Administrator for Adult Protective Services - New Hampshire
Closing comments by Angel Zapata of Wells Fargo Advisors
Conference Contact:
Tobie Steele
Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Wells Fargo Advisors
St. Louis, MO 63103
314.955.4592 (T)
Phoenix Arizona Event:
Day & Time:
Friday, 14 June, 2013, beginning at 10:30AM
Location:
Chandler Fashion Center, Chandler, Arizona (right near Phoenix)
Event Description:
Introduction and Welcome Reception followed by a performance by Ms. Senior Arizona. After that, there will be a screening of “Last Will and Embezzlement”, followed by comments from Keynote Speaker, Film Producer Pamela S.K. Glasner.
Awards will then be given for annual Junior High Arts Poster Competition: “Why Should I Care About Elder Abuse?”
Closing comments: Thank you and Call To Action
Conference Contact:
Sally Dawn
Area Agency on Aging – Region One
Phoenix, AZ
Phone: 602 280 1050
Tags: Pamela Glasner, Starjack Entertainment, Last Will and Embezzlement, Senior Citizens, Embezzlement, Harry Glasner, Victimization, Forgiveness, Financial Exploitation, Elderly, wills, advocacy, power of attorney, medical surrogacy, taking advantage, Elder Exploitation, Elder Abuse, Senility, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Mickey Rooney, Artie Pasquale
"If someone shares something in confidence, particularly something that's difficult to bear, maybe we should go a step further with our definition than just not bringing it up at the next town meeting. Maybe we should not bring it up at all, to anyone, ever ………"
Read the article in its entirety here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-glasner/please-dont-remind-me_b_3104766.html
Pamela S. K. Glasner is a published author and a filmmaker. Learn more about Ms. Glasner at http://www.starjackentertainment.com/ and on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/am5mjoy
Copyright by Pamela S. K. Glasner © 2013, All Rights Reserved
Tags: Pamela Glasner, Starjack Entertainment, Last Will and Embezzlement, Senior Citizens, Embezzlement, Harry Glasner, Victimization, Forgiveness, Financial Exploitation, Elderly, wills, advocacy, power of attorney, medical surrogacy, taking advantage, Elder Exploitation, Elder Abuse, Senility, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Mickey Rooney, Artie Pasquale, Confidentiality, Humane, Cancer, Huffington Post
 In 'Part Three' of this series of articles, I closed with the very explosive idea of sympathy for the devil: feeling sorry for — and going so far as contemplating forgiveness for — someone who victimizes and devastates you, or those you care deeply about.
The question I posed last time was: after everything the perpetrator has done, in light of all the wreckage he has left behind, does he not deserve every bit of hate and venom my wounded heart can dredge up? I used to think so. In fact, I was certain of it. But then a dear friend said something to me, one single, simple sentence which I must have heard a million times throughout my life, and probably a million more since 2011, when I joined the ranks of those who wear the label of “victim” on their backs, just slightly below the hastily-scribbled sign which reads “kick me!” She said she felt sorry for the man, and it was clear, in the way she said it and in they way she looked at me as the words passed her lips, that she was suggesting I follow suit.
Feel sorry for him???
Except for instances in the entertainment industry, I have never heard the words “I feel sorry for you” used as anything other than a weapon. In fact, I cannot think of a single phrase packed with more insincerity than that one. When I was growing up, mothers used it as a precursor for how their errant children’s hind ends were going to feel as soon as Daddy got home from work; members of the Bertha-Better-Than-You cliques at school used it as reminders of their families’ financial superiority; I am not proud to admit that during my formative years, I myself bandied it about as an insult when all other verbal methods of humiliating some young foe had been exhausted. I never once thought of that phrase as something which could actually be a positive force in anyone’s life.
Then along came this woman-friend who calmly, lovingly, led me to what I have come to know as one of those Ah-ha! moments in life, a.k.a. an epiphany.
She said the perpetrator had to be a miserably unhappy man, that every act of hostility and misconduct from him was a pre-determined, ill-fated, piteous attempt on his part to fill a bottomless pit inside himself, a place where love should reside but, because of some twist of fate or some twisted wiring, simply does not. Like a heroine addict, he temporarily numbs the pain of his emptiness with another injection of human misery, but as soon as that short-lived euphoria wears off, which is as inevitable as the proverbial sunrise, he is off in search of another fix.
Yes, he may well be deserving of hate but, what he is, even more than that, is pathetic, and if I am going to spare him any part of myself at all, better it be my pity than my venom — better for me, if nothing else.
Join me next time when I discuss, in greater depth, actually letting go of the hate, finding a way to forgive, and healing my heart. One footnote: Please indulge me as I take a moment to extend a very special thanks to that woman-friend I mention above — first for being one of the most insightful women I know and, second, for being a good enough friend to generously share her love and her peace.
Pamela S. K. Glasner is a published author and a filmmaker. Learn more about Ms. Glasner at http://www.starjackentertainment.com/ and on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/am5mjoy . You can read parts one thru three of this series of articles on The Huffington Post.
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 The Second Installment of “Something Beyond Survival” is Published! And it’s even more powerful than the first. Read it on The Huffington Post by following this link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-glasner/something-beyond-survival_1_b_2915070.html
… and please, check back weekly for the next chapters!
Here's a bit of what's in this week's installment:
If I spend my time — and my love and my peace — hating the perpetrator, then I have given him my power. Without even being in my presence, indeed, most likely, without even giving me a second thought, he has power over me and I am his victim. If I choose to participate in his war, on his terms, on his battleground, I have given him my power and, again, I am his victim. And if I lose that war, which is all but predetermined because the battleground — and all the ground rules — are of his choosing and his making, then he has power over me and I am his victim.
(Sooooo -- after reading it in its entirety on The Huffington Post, if you feel so inspired, it'd be lovely if you could scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and post a comment. Thanks!!)
Pamela Glasner, Starjack Entertainment, Last Will and Embezzlement, Senior Citizens, Embezzlement, Harry Glasner, Victimization, Forgiveness, Financial Exploitation, Elderly, wills, advocacy, power of attorney, medical surrogacy, taking advantage, Elder Exploitation, Elder Abuse, Senility, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Mickey Rooney, Artie Pasquale
“A friendly neighbor offers to go pick up an elderly couple’s license plates. He has them sign a specific power of attorney for that sole purpose, printed from an automobile-club website. He takes that to the bank and uses it to withdraw money from the couple’s account.”
“Power of attorney: It’s easily abused”
‘How to protect ailing relatives from fraud and abuse’
Excellent article by renowned journalist and prolific writer Elizabeth O’Brien (Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch).
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/power-of-attorney-its-easily-abused-2013-03-19
The first of a series of new articles by Starjack partner Pamela S. K. Glasner is now on the Huffington Post: an uncompromising look at being victimized, the long road to recovery, the hunger to live again, and one woman’s successful journey.
Bill Clinton, Alan Rickman, China, American Idol, Tim Allen, Obamacare, Sarah Palin, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Charlie Sheen,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-glasner/something-beyond-survival_b_2878145.htmlClick on the image to go to the Huffington Post to read the complete article … and then check back weekly for the next chapters!
(and, after reading it, if you feel so inspired, it'd be lovely if you could scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and post a comment. Thanks!!)
 What a pleasure it was to wake up this morning to such awesome news!! The absolutely stunning Nancy Tessman Auditorium seats 300 — that’s 300 people who will learn, just four weeks from now, how to protect those they love and those they care for. Our deepest gratitude goes out to Karolina Abuzyarova (USLL Court Visitor Program Coordinator) for organizing this event, and for being part of the solution to this global epidemic which is now being called the “Crime of the 21st Century” For more information about the Utah State Law Library’s “Court Visitor Program” and the work they do on behalf of vulnerable adults, please visit: http://www.utcourts.gov/visitor/ Pamela S. K. Glasner, Deborah Louise Robinson, Mickey Rooney, Senior Citizens, Embezzlement, Starjack Entertainment, Financial Exploitation, Elderly, wills, advocacy, power of attorney, medical surrogacy, taking advantage, Elder Exploitation, Elder Abuse, Senility, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Artie Pasquale, The Sopranos
 Called “the best single all-around source of video information available,” Video Librarian has been the review publication of choice among librarians for over 25 years. And Mr. Phil Hall, the well-respected author of “The History of Independent Cinema” and “The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies” — and one of Video Librarian’s more prolific contributors, who also regularly reviews films for such notables as EDGE Boston, American Movie Classics Magazine, and the New York Times — has given “Last Will and Embezzlement” 3 & ½ stars out of a possible 4, and has proclaimed to his readers that our film is a “timely look at a serious social issue,” and is “highly recommended.”
Director Deborah Louise Robinson says of the review, “What an honour to receive such praise from this highly respected publication. Getting such a fantastic review from a completely objective source reaffirms our belief that “Last Will” is truly needed by our society.”
 PBS HONORS "LAST WILL AND EMBEZZLEMENT" --- they asked producer/director, Deborah Louise Robinson to write an article for their new online site, NextAvenue. And she did! Please read it and share it -- it's beautifully written and very memorable!http://www.nextavenue.org/article/2012-08/what-making-documentary-about-elder-fraud-taught-me TAGS: PBS, Mickey Rooney, Last Will and Embezzlement, Pamela Glasner, Deborah Louise Robinson, elder exploitation, elder abuse, financial exploitation, embezzlement, Starjack Entertainment, senility, dementia, olympics, Alan Rickman, Tom Criuse, Bill Nye, oil prices, Obamacare, mortgage rates, Romney, The Amazing Spider Man, Channing Tatuma Stone, magic Mike, Ted, Brave, Johnny Depp, Nora Ephron, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Aber,
TAGS: Mickey Rooney, Last Will and Embezzlement, Pamela Glasner, Deborah Louise Robinson, elder exploitation, elder abuse, financial exploitation, embezzlement, Starjack Entertainment, senility, dementia, olympics, Alan Rickman, Tom Criuse, Bill Nye, oil prices, Obamacare, mortgage rates, Romney, The Amazing Spider Man, Channing Tatuma Stone, magic Mike, Ted, Brave, Johnny Depp, Nora Ephron, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Aber,
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