10/17/15 Session 6 and 7 Notes

• Elder Abuse Discussion – run by Dr. Nancy Giunta, Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College CUNY
O Referred to assigned videos about elder abuse
o Elder Abuse facts
 Elderjusticenow.org
 Refers to intentional or neglectful acts by a caregiver or trusted individual that lead to or may lead to harm of a vulnerable elder
 11% of Americans over age 60 have experienced some form of elder abuse in the past year
• Embarrassed, afraid of independence being taken away, “make sure my children don’t find out”
• Tension between concerns at keeping someone safe & their need for autonomy (fear vs independence)
 Almost 90% of elder abuse and neglect occurs with a known perpetrator such as a family member and 2/3rds of perpetrators are adult children or spouses
 Risk of death is 300x greater for elders who have been mistreated compared with those who haven’t been mistreated
 Most at risk are those with small social networks
o Signs
 When older adults are not allowed to be alone with other people (power and control)
 Limited access to info, people, resources they should have access to
 Change in someone’s typical demeanor: outgoing->reclusive or vice versa
 Bills not being paid, regular withdrawals
o Joan’s story from a previous ARTCART
 Artist in late 60’s, working partner in 50’s, had a close personal relationship. He had a criminal background; she mentored him, almost a surrogate mother. He was very proprietary with the software; she didn’t know what was going on, fellows couldn’t find out what was organized where. He would never leave her alone with anyone else, very controlling, not sure if financial abuse too, no way of knowing, very disturbing to everyone, found out in middle of spring and couldn’t do anything about it. Come to Joan or Pat with any concerns or suspicions as soon as possible.
o APS (Adult Protective Services)
 Offices in every county nationwide
 Aps serves all adults 18+ who are considered “vulnerable” and at risk of experiencing abuse
 How do you reach aps?
• Call 311
• Submit an online referral at htps://a069-apscris.nyc.gov/cris
• Or call the central intake unit 212-630-1853
 What happens when you contact aps (make a referral)?
• If person is in danger, home visit will be within 24 hours. You can provide info about situation, tell story, can be anonymous/confidential, they will make assessment, if not immediate danger – 3 bus days for home visit
o Shared stories:
 Neighbor had everything taken from him by this woman (angel/devil)
 In nursing home, gave check to employee for $500
 Living with gambler, co dependency

• Embark Training – Handout used, access at https://artsandcultureresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/EmbarkTrainingNYC-DC-2015-v2.pdf
o Important info
 Carmen Wiedenhoeft technology.artcart@gmail.com
 Link to download datafile: http://bit.ly/1jxafd3
o About Carmen
 Former student of Joan’s; graduated 18 years ago
 10 years disseminating images for art history education
 Concerned about documenting contemporary art
o Today’s goals
 Understanding tool we’re using & where to get help
 Recording for reference
o Classweb tools
 Under Help/Admin, Technology Support: Submit a problem, Quick Review Guide, EmbARK User’s Manual
 Under Classroom, Documentation: Submit progress/problems/reports
o Introduction
 EmbARK used by museums, libraries, etc
 1 master file on the artist’s computer, other files can be imported into the main one
 Artists think about: How you want to document, what you want to document, exhibition will only be documented works – so keep that in mind. Documenting from Feb-May, submissions in May, selected by June, Exhibition Sept 14-Oct 26, 2016
o Following the quick guide
 Diagram object record structure (on classweb, EmbARK user’s manual 3a)
 Ex. picture of painting is a surrogate
 Digital media – different derivatives, but archive the biggest, best file
 Can save multiple images for objects, different views, corrected versions
 Naming image: first name last name title edition number year dimensions (height x width) medium catalog number price
 Notes and histories, info about the object, on loan, destroyed, sold, etc
 http://Cco.vrafoundation.org for examples about what information is documented
 Move or save a copy of image to EmbARK Data images folder before dragging into EmbARK; any changes to that file in the future do through EmbARK
 Backup the EmbARK data folder

o Next session
 NYU: Speaker will talk to us about what museums look for in documentation – The Whitney specifically 10am-12pm