Betty F. Malks, Director,
Santa Clara County Department of Aging and Adult Services

Betty Malks

On September 18, 2008 our guest speaker was Betty F. Malks, Director, Santa Clara County Department of Aging and Adult Services.

Ms. Malks has over 30 years experience in the field of Aging. Since 1997, as department director, she has spearheaded the creation of the Santa Clara County Social Services Agency's Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), bringing together all adult programs under one umbrella, including Adult Protective Services, Public Administrator/Guardian/Conservator, In-Home Supportive Services, and Senior Nutrition. Most recently, Ms. Malks has been appointed as the North American Regional Representative for the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA). Ms. Malks is a member of the National Advisory Panel of the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education of the New York Academy of Medicine's Social Work Leadership Institute, 2005 - present.

Ms. Malks is the Project Director of the "Enhancing the Capacity of a Diverse Faith Community to Address Elder Abuse", funded by the Archstone Foundation, 2006 - present. She was elected into the Who's Who in America in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the Who's Who in the World in 2007. Ms. Malks created the Santa Clara County Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) which has recovered/prevented the loss of $157 million of client assets and has published several articles, one appearing in Journal of Gerontological Social Work entitled Elder Abuse Prevention: A Case Study of the Santa Clara County Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) Program, 2002 and another in the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect entitled Combating Elder Financial Abuse - A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Growing Problem 2005.

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