Eilon Caspi, PhD Gerontologist, Dementia Behavior Specialist, & Elder Mistreatment
Release Date: 06/05/2025
Eilon Caspi, PhD Gerontologist, Dementia Behavior Specialist, & Elder Mistreatment
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All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Eilon Caspi, PhD. as guest to the show. About Eilon Caspi, PhD.: Eilon started working in the aging field 30 years ago as a nurse aide in a nursing home where his grandfather lived. Both his grandmothers lived with dementia. Since then he worked as a social worker with low income older adults in the community and in a nursing home. Throughout the past 18 years, he has led several research studies aimed at improving understanding of various forms of elder mistreatment in long-term care homes (e.g....
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info_outlineAll Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Eilon Caspi, PhD. as guest to the show.
About Eilon Caspi, PhD.:
Eilon started working in the aging field 30 years ago as a nurse aide in a nursing home where his grandfather lived. Both his grandmothers lived with dementia.
Since then he worked as a social worker with low income older adults in the community and in a nursing home. Throughout the past 18 years, he has led several research studies aimed at improving understanding of various forms of elder mistreatment in long-term care homes (e.g. abuse, neglect, resident-to-resident incidents, theft of opioid pain medications, fear of retaliation / actual retaliation, and social media abuse). He is the founder of Dementia Behavior Consulting LLC where he assists families in supporting and caring for loved ones living with dementia.
In his free time, he enjoys hand carving wood such as brain hemispheres, giant 6-8 foot pencils, and educational signs including SEE ME Not My Dementia, Elder Voice, and Justice for Elders.