September 11, 2002
By Loree Cook-Daniels
Ms. Charlee Lambert, a long-time elder abuse activist from
Georgia, has won the first annual Rosalie Wolf Memorial Elder
Abuse Prevention Award and will be honored at the Seventh
International Conference on Family Violence, to be held September
24-28, 2002, in San Diego, California.
The award was established jointly by the National Committee
for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA), the International
Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), and the
Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute (FVSAI) to honor
the memory of the late Rosalie Wolf, Ph.D., founder of NCPEA
and the founding chairperson of INPEA.
The award may go to either an individual or an organization
that has “demonstrated dedication and commitment to
the ideal of Rosalie Wolf to prevent and reduce the incidence
of elder abuse through research, education, policy or practice.”
Ms. Lambert was the selection committee’s unanimous
choice.
Ms. Lambert was the founding Director of Georgia’s
Council on Elder Abuse and Neglect and managed its victim
assistance line. She served on the Lieutenant Governor’s
Elder Abuse Task Force and on a joint House-Senate committee
on guardianship reform. Currently an elder abuse consultant
and AARP volunteer, Ms. Lambert also produces plays on elder
abuse topics to educate professionals and non-professionals
alike about elder abuse prevention.
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