Kerry Burnight
Gerontologist and elder justice advocate
Dr. Kerry Burnight is a gerontologist who spent 18 years as a teacher of geriatric medicine at the University of California, Irvine. She wrote Joyspan, on the quality of later life.
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About Kerry Burnight
Dr. Kerry Burnight is a gerontologist focused on well-being in later life. For 18 years she was a teacher of geriatric medicine and gerontology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. Burnight has worked in elder justice. She cofounded the first Elder Abuse Forensic Center in the US, founded TheGerontologist.com, and has spoken at the White House and the US Department of Justice. She has also appeared on CBS News, NBC News, The Doctors and The Dr. Phil Show. In Joyspan, she argues that the quality of a life matters more than its length. She builds the idea of joyspan on the science of well-being, connection, meaning, growth, choice and purpose.