Karl A. Pillemer Ph.D Biography

Dr. Karl Pillemer directs the Cornell Legacy Project and is author of the book 30 Lessons for Living. His major interests center on human development over the life course with a special emphasis on family and social relationships in middle age and beyond. He has a strong theoretical and empirical interest in life course transitions and the effects they have on family relationships. A major program of research is on intergenerational relations in later life with a focus on determinants and consequences of the quality of adult child - older parent relationships. After finishing his studies Pillemer moved to the University of New Hampshire in 1985 where he trained with Murray A. Straus and David Finkelhor directing a large-scale population survey that established initial prevalence rates for the abuse and neglect of older persons. During this time he carried out a prevalence survey of elder abuse in nursing homes that showed the high extent of this problem. Pillemer also began his career-long program of research on improving care in nursing homes authoring five books that have been used in the nursing home industry.

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