Donna Benton, Director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center, named as a 2017 “A Call for Boldness” Biddy Mason Unsung Shero Legacy Honoree by the Women's Group of Greater Los Angeles County.
A list of the nation’s leading voices in the field of aging published in Next Avenue includes USC Leonard Davis School Dean Pinchas Cohen and alumnae Gretchen Alkema and Kathy Black.
The gift honoring the school’s dean emeritus comes from a matching grant challenge issued by the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund. Reginald Tucker-Seeley is named the inaugural chair holder.
Research from the USC Leonard Davis School and Stanford finds that caregivers make up the largest group of abusers and suggests targeted interventions might help reduce cases.