Officers
President Lia S. Daichman MD
Arenales 1391 8* "B" (1061)
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA		 Email: liadaichman@fibertel.com.ar
Vice-president Elizabeth Podnieks, EdD
Ryerson University School of Nursing
350 Victoria Street
Toronto,
Ontario M5B 2K3
CANADA		 Tel: (+01) 416-925-7674
Fax: (+01) 416-978-4771
Email: Elizabeth.podnieks@utoronto.ca
General Secretary Susan B. Somers, J.D.
The Somers Law Firm
P.O. Box 368
Nassau, NY 12123
USA		 Tel: +1 518 281 2777
Fax: +1 518 766 3679
Email: sbsomers5@aol.com
Treasurer Robert J. Brent, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics		 Email: brent@fordham.edu
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Board of Directors 2007-2008
Further info on Governance page
AFRICA
Ghana
Kenya
NANA A. APT
University of Ghana
Ghana
Africa
napt@ashesi.edu.gh
csph@ug.edu.gh
aptnana@hotmail.com
TAVENGA M NHONGO
Regional Representative - Africa
HelpAge International
P O Box 14888
Nairobi, Kenya 00800
tel: 254204449406
fax: 254204441052
e mail(s): tnhongo@helpage.co.ke
nhongo@wananchi.com
web site: www.helpage.org
ASIA
Vacancy

EUROPE
United Kingdom
Germany
BRIDGET PENHALE
University of Sheffield
Centre for Health & Social Care
Samuel Fox House
Northern General Hospital
1 Herries Road
Sheffield, South Yorkshire UK S5 7AU
tel +44 114 226 9606
fax +44 114 226 9790
e-mail B.Penhale@sheffield.ac.uk
GABRIELE WALENTICH
Prosecutor
Public Prosecution Office Essen
Zweigertstr. 52Essen
Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany D-45130
tel. 0049-1028795
fax: 0049-1028795
e mail Walentich@gmx.de
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Brazil
Mexico
RENATO MAIA GUIMARAES, MD
President, IAGG
Director - Geriatric Medical Centre
Hospital Universitario de Brasilia
Avenida L2 Norte 604/605
Brasilia - Distrito Federal CEP 70840 050, Brazil
Phone 55 61 274 03 66 / 448 52 69
Fax 55 61 274 82 76
Email: remaig@uol.com.br
Dr. Luis Miguel Gutiérrez ROBLEDO, PhD
Head Geriatrics Department
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Vasco de Quiroga 15 colonia sección XVI
Mexico City, DF 14000, Mexico
Tel no 52 5556559362
Fax no 52 5556559362
E mail luismiguelgutierrez@prodigy.net.mx
E mail luisgr@quetzal.innsz.mx
Sitio web www.innsz.mx
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
USA
Lynn McDonald Ph.D.
Director Institute Life Course and Aging
Professor Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
222 College Street, Suite 106
Toronto ON M5T 3J1
Telephone: 416-978-7065
email: lynn.mcdonald@utoronto.ca
OCEANIA
Vacancy

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Regional Representatives
Europe Prof. Ariela Lowenstein
Head, Center for Research & Study of Aging
Department of Masters of Gerontology
Faculty of Welfare and Health Studies
The University of Haifa
Haifa 31905, Israel
 Tel: 972-4-8240815
Fax: 972-4-8240573
Email: ariela@research.haifa.ac.il
North America Betty F. Malks, MSW, CSW
Director
Department of Aging and Adult Services
Santa Clara Cty, Social Services Agency
333 W. Julian Street
San Jose, CA 95110

 Tel/Fax: PH: (408) 975-4848
FAX: (408) 251-1319
Email : betty.malks@ssa.sccgov.org
Latin America/Caribbean Susana Aguas
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Code 1425 Argentina


 Tel/Fax: 54-11-4832-0179
Email: seaguas@yahoo.com.ar
Oceania Dr Susan Kurrle
Rehabilitation and Aged Care Service
Hornsby Hospital
Palmerston Rd
Hornsby NSW 2077
Australia		 Phone 02 9477 9514
Fax 02 9477 5684
Email: @
Asia Toshio Tatara
Shukutu University
Dept. Of Sociology
200 Daiganji-cho, Choku
Chiba-shi
Chiba 260-8701
JAPAN		 Tel: + 1 81 43 265 773
Fax: + 1 81 43 265 8310
Email: ttatara@beige.ocn.ne.jp
Africa Monica Ferreira
Regional Director



Capetown, South Africa		 Tel:
Fax:
Email: mf@cormack.uct.ac.za


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Country Representatives
Country Name email
Oceania
AUSTRALIA Wayne S. Fielding
414 Burwood Highway,
WANTIRNA SOUTH
Victoria 3152
AUSTRALIA		 Tel. No. (03) 9881 7931
Mob. No. 0419 305 188
wayne.fielding@police.vic.gov.au
Europe
AUSTRIA Dr. J. Hoerl josef.hoerl@univie.ac.at
BELGIUM
FLANDERS
Mr. Gerd Callewaert MSc,
Member of staff
Flemish Reporting Point for Elder Abuse
Grotenbergestraat 24
9620 Zottegem
Belgium
 Tel. 0032 9 360 33 66
Fax 0032 9 361 06 57
e-mail: meldpuntomb@skynet.be
www.meldpuntouderenmishandeling.be
CZECH REPUBLIC Jan Lorman jan.lorman@zivot90.cz
FINLAND Ms. Sirkka Perttu sirkka.perttu@helsinki.fi
FRANCE Francoise Busby f.busby.alma@wanadoo.fr
GREECE Appointment
Pending		 @
GERMANY Thomas Goergen/Rolf Hirsch thomas.goergen@dhpol.de
HUNGARY Olga Toth totho@socio.mta.hu
IRELAND Ms A. O'Loughlin annemg@eircom.net
ISRAEL Sara Alon saraalon@012.net.il
ITALY Giovanni Lamura g.lamura@inrca.it
LEBANON Abdulrazak Abyad, MD, PhD,
MPH, MBA, AGSF, AFCHSE		 @
MALTA Professor Joseph Troisi joseph.troisi@um.edu.mt
THE
NETHERLANDS
Mirjam van Dongen
Hoofd afdeling Preventie
Landelijk Ambassadeur
STOP Ouderenmishandeling
(Ambassador, Stop Elder Abuse)
De Grote Rivieren
v.d. Steenhovenplein 1
3317 NM DORDRECHT
 m.v.dongen@degroterivieren.nl
078-6545076(8)
06-20290204
NORWAY Dr. Philos Kristin Skjørten
Senior Researcher
Norwegina Centre for Violence and
Traumatic Stress Studies
Kirkeveien 166 (Building 48)
N-0407 Oslo
Norway		 kristin.skjorten@nkvts.unirand.no
Phone: +4722595500
PORTUGAL José Ferreira-Alves, Ph.D
Department of Psychology (IEP)
University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar
4700 Braga, Portugal
 inpeaportugal@gmail.com
alves@iep.uminho.pt
Tel (office) +351253604233
RUSSIA Appointment
Pending		 @
SPAIN Dr. M-T. Bazo @
SWEDEN Ms. Christen Erlingsson, R.N. @
SWITZERLAND Charles-Henri Rapin Charles-Henri.Rapin@hcuge.ch
TURKEY Ismail Tufan, PhD itufan@akdeniz.edu.tr
itufan05@yahoo.com
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
Abdulrazak Abyad, MD, PhD,
MPH, MBA, AGSF, AFCHSE		 @
UNITED KINGDOM Ryan Sampson Ryan.Sampson@ace.org.uk
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North America
CANADA Charmaine Spencer cspencer@shaw.ca
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Laura Mosqueda, MD @
Latin America and Caribbean 
ARGENTINA Patricia Guido patriciaguido@fibertel.com.ar
BOLIVIA Jenny Liliam Andrade Palacios jliliam@hotmail.com
BRAZIL Laura Machado Lmachado@attglobal.net
CHILE Nelson Garcia Araneda nelson.garcia.araneda@gmail.com
COSTA RICA Zaida Esquivel
AGECO		 @
CUBA Mary Blanca Lopez Perez @
MEXICO Dra. Sara Gloria Aquilar Navarro sganajma@yahoo.com.mx
CURAÇAO Geselle V. Rosaria - Coffi
President, Fundashon Nos Grandinan
Mahuma, Curaçao
Netherlands Antilles		 gesellecoffi@hotmail.com,
gesellecoffi@yahoo.com,
gesellecoffi@gmail.com
Tel: Office: (599-9) 888-4888
(599-9) 888-7888
Fax: (599-9) 888-9888
Home phone: (599-9) 868-0686
Cellular: (599-9) 510-9080
PARAGUAY Dra. Miriam Riveros Rios @
PERU Luz Barreto luxbar1@yahoo.es
PUERTO RICO Carmen Delia Sanchez, Ph.D. dipini@yahoo.com
REPUBLICA
DOMINICANA
Rosy Pereyra rosy.pereyra@codetel.net.do
URUGUAY Dra. Rosalia Panza rpanza_sugg@yahoo.com
VENEZUELA Appointment
Pending		 @
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Africa
CAMEROON Prince Bengha Martin
Regional Centre for the Welfare
of Ageing Persons in Cameroon		 @
GHANA Ebenezer Adjetey-Sorsey
HelpAge Ghana		 helpage@ghana.com
MAURITIUS Mahendranath Busgopaul
Halley Movement Mauritius		 halley@intnet.mu
MOZAMBIQUE Terezina da Silva Tdasilva@cfjj.org.mz
or tere@zebra.uem.mz
NAMIBIA Appointment
Pending		 @
NIGER Maiga M. Kassoum Yacouba, Director
Groupe d'Appui au Mouvement Associatif
(GAMA)
Niamey, Niamey Provence
00227, Niger 		Tel/Fax: (00227) 20 72 24 51
k_yacouba@hotmail.com
NIGERIA Pastor (Engr.) C. O. Chukwu
249 Clifford Rd, Aba
Abia State
Nigeria, West Africa
 Tel: 08067776014
onyeck@yahoo.com
REPUBLIQUE
TOGOLAISE
Togo, West Africa
Samuel Kwaku Mawuéna DZAHINI
Univers de Solidarité et de Développement
(UNI.SOL.D)
BP 64 Kpalimé TOGO		 dzahinisamuel@yahoo.fr
Tel: 00228 915 67 08
SOUTH AFRICA Pat Lindgren pat@actiononelderabusesa.co.za
TANZANIA Nekemia Kazimoto @
THE GAMBIA Priscilla Jones
The Association for the Prevention
of Elder Abuse		 thegambiaapea@yahoo.com
UGANDA Richard Semanda
The Aged Family Uganda		 agedr@yahoo.com
ZAMBIA Anderson Simfukwe
Director,
Aged Care and Service Centre
PO Box 430211
Nakonde, Zambia		 andersimfu@yahoo.com
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Asia
INDIA Mala Kapur Shankardass m_k_shank@yahoo.com
JAPAN Dr. Noriko Tsukada tsukada.noriko@nihon-u.ac.jp
KOREA DongHee Han, Ph.D.

dongheeh@chollian.net
NEPAL Monohar Upreti
Po.box.7116, Thamel
Kathmandu
NEPAL		 Tele: 977-1-4422608 Office
9771-1-4358294, 4386426 Home
977-1-4417208 Fax
Email: manohar@hons.com.np
manohar-wsv@hotmail.com
Web: www.inpeanepal.com

 

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UN and NGO Committee on Ageing, NY
Main Representative: Patricia Brownell brownell@fordham.edu
Susan B. Somers
 sbsomers5@aol.com
General INPEA Contact Info
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For World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) info not found on WEAAD page,
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International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse