The International Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award is presented at the Global level, annually by INPEA to "an individual who has demonstrated dedication and commitment to the ideals of Rosalie Wolf to prevent and reduce elder abuse and promote awareness through one or more of the following: research, education, policy, practice."
Nominations for the 2011 Annual Award are open. Professor Ariela Lowenstein and Bridget Penhlae are Co-Chairs of the Committee to Select. Lia Daichman, MD, INPEA Past President, is a member of the Committee to Select. click here for the R S Wolf Nomination Form.doc Further information may be obtained by sending e-mail to
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Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award Honorees
2010 - Bridget Penhale, United Kingdom, is currently Reader in Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, UK. With a first degree in psychology, she is a qualified social worker since 1981, and has specialised in work with older people since 1983, working in urban, rural and city areas in addition to hospitals. After a successful career as social worker and manager spanning some 15 years, she took up an academic post at the University of Hull (UK) in 1996, moving to Sheffield in 2004. She is past Chair of the British Association of Social Worker's Community Care Sub-Committee, and former Vice-Chair of Action on Elder Abuse, and is currently chair of the Hull Domestic Violence Forum, a multi-agency network to develop responses to domestic violence (predominantly of women). Click here to download announcement .pdf.
2008 - Ariela Lowenstein, PhD, Professor of Gerontology and Head Center on Aging Research, Haifa University, Haifa,Israel, has been selected by her peers to receive the 2008 International Rosalie S. Wolf, Memorial Award in Elder Abuse. Ariela is recognized world wide for her personal dedication to and profound impact in the area of Elder Abuse research and practice. The award was bestowed on her at the Global Celebration of WEAAD 2008 held in Ottawa, Canada on June 16, 2008, by her long time friend and colleague, INPEA President, Lia Daichman. (Click here for Ariela Lowenstein's Bio and Pictures)
2007 - Toshio Tatara, Ph.D., announced as INPEA 2007 International Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award recipient. Dr. Tatara is INPEA Regional Representative for Asia (Click here for Dr. Tatara's Biographical Sketch and photos as he receives his award in Geneva)
2006 - T. Nhongo, Ph.D., (Bio), Helpage Intl., Africa, and Jenny Andrade (Bio), Bolivia, of HelpAge International, LA, jointly share the International Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award presented at the FVSAI Conference in San Diego, California (USA), September 16, 2006. (Download the announcement) Dr. Nhongo personally received his award at the AARP Global Aging Briefing luncheon at UN Headquarters in NY, February 2007. Click here for photos. For an article about Dr. Nhongo in HelpAge International's March 2007 Ageing in Africa newsletter Issue 29, click here, then see page 8.
2005 - Gloria M. Gutman, Ph.D., SFU, Canada, awarded International Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award at FVSAI Conference in San Diego, California (USA), September 19, 2005. (Download the announcement)
2004 - Dr. Lia S. Daichman, Argentina, received the Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award at the FVSAI Conference in San Diego, California (USA). (Download the announcement)
2003 - Dr. Gerry Bennett, UK. INPEA's first Secretary General was posthmously honored with the Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award in NYC. Click for tribute to Dr. Bennett on INPEA's Memorial page.
2002 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Violence and Injuries Prevention Department and Aging and Life Course Program share the honor of receiving the 2002 award in the international category, with Ms. Charlee Lambert being the 2002 honoree in the national category. (Click here for the announcement)
IAGG and INPEA International Student Awards
2006
- Hilary Buri, a second-year medical student in the University of Iowa
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, was chosen as the
first recipient of the Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award for the Best
Student Paper/Poster. (Click here for further info)
2005 - IAGG and INPEA Inaugural Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award for Best Student Paper on the issue of Elder Abuse at the 18th Congress on Gerontology, Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
