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Robert Fettgather

Robert Fettgather is an adjunct professor of Human Growth and Development at Mission College in Santa Clara, California and Co-Founder of the Coalition for Elder and Disabled Adult Rights (CEDAR). His current research interests focus on disability justice, guardianship and institutionalization.

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Guardianship of the Infantilized Elder: A Pipeline to the Institution Industrial Complex?

by Robert Fettgather July 7, 2017

by Robert Fettgather July 7, 2017

The very body of vulnerable elders becomes a commodity in an institution industrial complex with an emphasis on profit making and social control.

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Robert Fettgather

Robert Fettgather

Guardianship of the Infantilized Elder: A Pipeline to the Institution Industrial Complex?