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    Preference Based Living

    © 2013 by Polisher Research Institute

       

    The M. Powell Lawton Award

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    2007 Recipient:
    Elaine Brody, MSW, DSc (Hon.)

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    Elaine Brody, DSc (Hon.) is the former Associate Director of
    Research of the Polisher Research Institute, and a past president of the
    Gerontological Society of America. She is also a former Adjunct Clinical
    Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and former
    Associate Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry at the University of
    Pennsylvania.

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    ​A pioneer in gerontological social work, Dr. Brody is widely
    known for her groundbreaking research on the effects of caregiving on the
    families of dependent older adults. Her research on the subject, published in
    numerous scientific and consumer publications and books, has benefited older
    adults and their caregivers, and provided valuable instruction to scientists and
    researchers.
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    Dr. Brody has also used her research to advocate for changes
    to health policy related to healthcare and aging. Over the course of her career,
    which spans more than three decades, she has shared her insights on aging before
    Congress and at universities, foundations, hospitals, and governmental and
    voluntary agencies across the country. In the words, of her peers, her work has
    provided the foundation on which much of current aging research is based, and
    its impact is beyond measure.