Clingerman to attend Hartford Foundation institute

The executive director of The Bonnie Wesorick Center for Health Care Transformation was among 20 U.S. scholars selected to participate in the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.

Evelyn Clingerman will attend the institute June 5-7. The institute is a program of the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Gerontological Society of America.

Clingerman said during the institute she will work to identify elder abuse and how federal legislators and agencies can help address this multifaceted problem.

“With the tsunami of baby boomers soon to arrive in the U.S., we can expect that abuse and exploitation of elderly people will increase significantly," she said. "Working alongside policy makers to build awareness, increase knowledge and fund needed resources, we can improve detection, prevention, and evidence to provide the support elderly people will need."

The Wesorick Center, an interprofessional scholarly center within the Kirkhof College of Nursing, bridges academia and practice with high-impact activities, events, research and projects to address issues adversely affecting health outcomes and patient-centered care. For more information, click here.