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Connecticut Association of Area Agencies on Aging Conference

11/6/2013

Hello, everyone -- Pamela Glasner here. Two screenings today at the Legislative Office Building of "Last Will & Embezzlement", both with post-screening audience Q & A sessions. The conference was called "Same Story Different Age: Sexuality, Money and Mental Health".

The audience was almost entirely made up of professionals who deal directly with the elderly as part of their daily work, and nearly every one of them had had clients who had been exploited. It confirmed what I already knew and it should not have surprised me, but it was still hard to see that -- it still hurt.

They asked a lot of excellent questions; we had lively discussions about a number of different aspects of the film and the issues surrounding the topic and, to top it all off, I received invitations for additional speaking engagements. It was exhausting --- I don't usually do two seminars back-to-back --- but it was also gratifying. A very successful day.

To read more from Ms. Glasner, click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-glasner/

Pamela S. K. Glasner is a published author and a filmmaker. You can 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

There Are No Poor Elderly in Fairfield County

7/24/2013

Ever since 2011, when my 89- and 91-year-old parents were financially exploited and I became embroiled in the issue — and in the battle — I have been wracking brain to try and comprehend how. After all these years of teachings, preachings, beseechings and rooftop proclamations, after congressional testimonies and reams of paper packed with pages and chapters of meticulously-researched statistics, heart-rending anecdotal evidence, and advice and counsel from some of the finest and most highly-educated minds on the planet — how in the world can the problem elder financial exploitation still be alive and well, thriving and spreading like a cancer all across the globe?

Then something happened this past Saturday. An associate said something to me that came as such a surprise, I was, for a brief period of time, literally left speechless.

To read the entire article, please visit Pamela S. K. Glasner’s Huffington Post blog at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-glasner/there-are-no-poor-elderly_b_3639581.html

Copyright by Pamela S. K. Glasner © 2013, All Rights Reserved

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

Please – Don’t Remind Me! (New Huffington Post Article)

4/18/2013

"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

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Something Beyond Survival – Part Four

4/9/2013

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.

Copyright by Pamela S. K. Glasner © 2013, All Rights Reserved

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

Something Beyond Survival

3/17/2013

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.html

Click 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!!)

Connecticut Association of Area Agencies on Aging Conference

There Are No Poor Elderly in Fairfield County

Please – Don’t Remind Me! (New Huffington Post Article)

Something Beyond Survival – Part Four

Something Beyond Survival

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