Mervyn Eastman

Mervyn trained in Social Work (CQSW) in the early 70’s and has worked in all fields of social care, much of it specializing in issues, services and policies related to age and ageing. He Co-Founded and is now President of the Practitioner Alliance for Safeguarding Adults (founded 1997) and following retirement as a Director of Social Services for a North London Borough, became Director of the Government Programme, Better Government for Older People (BGOP) a post held until 2009.

Change AGEnts Network (a Charitable Society for the Benefit of the Community and a form of Co-operative) was co-founded out of BGOP in 2009 and seeks to change how we think about Older People. Has authored numerous publications on a range of issues related to public services and Older People, and was the first person (back in 1984) outside the USA to publish a book on the then marginalized issue of Elder Abuse in the domestic setting.