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Information and guidance on domestic abuse: safeguarding older people in Wales
- Authors:
- WALES. Welsh Government, OLDER PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONER FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Good practice guidance to help professionals recognise, respond and provide support to older people who are experiencing or who have experienced domestic abuse. It outlines the characteristics of domestic abuse experienced by older people, including coercive control; older people’s experience of domestic abuse, and their possible reluctance to disclose abuse; identifying and responding to abuse; referral options and using existing safeguarding processes; and helps professionals address the complexities of working with older people who need care and support as a result of domestic abuse, but who also require professionals to respond to their other care and support needs. The guide includes short case studies and a summary of key relevant legislation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preventing violence, promoting peace: a policy toolkit for preventing interpersonal, collective and extremist violence
- Authors:
- BELLIS Mark A., HARDCASTLE Katie, HUGHES Karen, WOOD Sara, NURSE Joanna
- Publisher:
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 146
- Place of publication:
- London
Brings together evidence on the prevention of all types of violence including interpersonal violence (child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, elder abuse and youth violence), collective violence (including war and gang violence) and violent extremism. The report is structured into six sections. The first section provides an introduction to the report, how it fits in to Commonwealth policy, the forms of violence it covers and the public health approach to violence prevention. Section 2 outlines the extent of violence globally and Section 3 the impacts of violence on health, social wellbeing and the economy. Section 4 focuses on the risk factors that can drive violence and Section 5 on what works to prevent violence. The final section summarises key findings from the report and presents recommendations. The report argues that the broader perspective on violence identifies repeating cycles of violence at different levels: children exposed to violence in the home are more likely to grow up to be perpetrators or victims of violence; poverty and inequalities contribute to marginalisation and risks of violence, and violence in turn contributes to poor investment, education and economic development; and war and organised conflict drive the movement of people and create unstable environments with weak institutional structures, traumatised individuals and poor rule of law, so further violence and abuse emerge in the aftermath. The review suggests a whole range of actions that would support more effective, efficient and sustainable approaches to violence prevention. These include: tackling all forms of violence from a public health perspective and focusing on violence prevention from the earliest stage of life and across the life course; developing resilience and positive identities in young people through health, educational and other youth services; and supporting national and international action to tackle poverty and inequalities at all levels, from local to global. (Edited publisher abstract)