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Social work and elder abuse: a Foucauldian analysis
- Author:
- POWELL Jason L.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 10(1), 2012, Online only
- Publisher:
- University of Bielefeld
This paper argues that an accelerating interest in the safety and financial security of older people is central to understanding modern care policy. Specifically, it explores how a surveillance culture is being developed to stabilise community care policy at a time of considerable underlying uncertainty. The theoretical work of Michel Foucault is drawn upon to raise questions of power, of unintended consequences, and of the impact of care managerial techniques. The paper argues that the 'discovery' of elder abuse legitimates practices in which the state monitors and co-ordinates but does not intervene. This idea can be presented as ‘inspection minus intervention equals surveillance’. Social policy has transferred the financial and emotional responsibilities for care from welfare professionals to informal carers, leading to a state of uncertainty. The paper argues that, in order to provide a mechanism for formalising informal care and to legitimise a role for welfare professionals, there has been an increasing emphasis on forms of abuse perpetrated by carers on older people. The relationship between the state and older people is therefore being reduced to one of surveillance and the enforcement of an oppressive notion of what community obligation might entail.
Inspection of community care services for black and minority ethnic older people: Kirklees; 9th to 16th September 1996
- Authors:
- MURRAY Ulric, FEAN Lynda, THATCHER David
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North East In
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Up to all the angles
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.3.94, 1994, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Triangular relationships tend to be formed to create and maintain an older person in the community. The people involved are the informal carer, the older person and the helper (professional). Because of the triangular nature of the relationship different members of the triangle may collude to exclude the third person. Examines how sharing the care of an older person in this way can open the way for abuse.
Legal Clout
- Author:
- MURRAY Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.93, 1993, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Law Commission proposes to set out for the first time statutory powers enabling social workers to intervene in cases of elder abuse. Looks at feelings this has evoked; for SSDs campaigning against elder abuse there is a view that there is a public myth which encourages the idea that there are no bad carers and they therefore back the powers for them to gain access; and for carers' associations there is a feeling that carers' will not be supported and that the Law Commission will make certain actions by carers illegal.
Old age abuse: lifting the lid; a West Midlands perspective
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 27p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Paper stemming from a series of BASE meetings. Contains case examples of different types of elder abuse, including psychological, physical, and financial abuse. Presents a charter of rights to community care for older people. Looks at the legal perspective and suggests procedures for abuse investigation and assessment.
Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: individual and victimisation determinants
- Authors:
- SANTOS Ana Joao, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(3), 2019, pp.609-620.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Elder abuse has been gaining public, state, and scientific attention for the past 40 years, but research focusing on emotional reactions of older adults to victimisation is still scarce. The study describes the emotions and feelings of older adults who experienced abuse in a community setting, and the association between these emotions and individual or abuse characteristics. The cross‐sectional study comprises 510 older adults who were identified and referred by four institutions. Participants answered a questionnaire on elder abuse experiences, including the emotion or feeling brought out by the act of abuse that was perceived to be the most serious. Fear and sadness comprised 67.1% of all provided responses. Emotional reactions were associated with functional status, the presence of depressive symptoms, relationship with the perpetrator and, to a limited degree, to the experience of multiple types of abuse. The most significant and meaningful variable was the relationship with the perpetrator. This study demonstrates that older adults present very similar patterns of emotional reactions, but individual characteristics and the established relationship with the perpetrator might mediate the emotional response. Implications for prevention and intervention of elder abuse are discussed.
Care professionals' understanding of the new criminal offences created by the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, SAMSI Kritika
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30(4), 2015, pp.384-392.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: Implemented in 2007, the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 codified decision-making for adults unable to make decisions for themselves in England and Wales. Among other changes, two new offences of wilful neglect and ill-treatment were created under Section 44. This study explored how the MCA was being implemented in community-based dementia care, focusing on frontline practice. Method: Using qualitative longitudinal methodology, the authors interviewed 279 practitioners, in the London and South-East area of England, two or three times over 3 years. A framework analysis to identify and delineate recurrent themes was applied. Results: Views of the new offences were positive overall, but understanding ranged from partial to non-existent among some participants. Conclusions: Clinicians may be increasingly called upon to provide advice on whether an alleged victim or perpetrator lacks decision-making capacity in cases of suspected elder abuse. They need to be aware of the new criminal offences to ensure that people with dementia, among others, are not abused and that abusers are brought to account. (Edited publisher abstract)
The impact of power differentials on the care experiences of older people
- Author:
- DOYLE Susanna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 26(3), 2014, pp.319-332.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study explored the lived experience of a small group of older people living in South East Queensland receiving community-based care while living in their own homes. In-depth unstructured interviews were used in this interpretive hermeneutic phenomenological study to encourage participants to raise experiences that held meaning for them as individuals. Many reported a range of experiences demonstrating active power differentials between themselves as recipients of care and their carers, and impacting on their sense of independence and autonomy. The experiences described provide guidance on how care services might better address the needs of older people, from their own perspective. (Publisher abstract)
Prevalence of older adults' abuse and neglect in Portugal: an overview
- Authors:
- SANTOS Ana Joao, FERREIRA-ALVES Jose, PENHALE Bridget
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 12(3), October 2011, pp.162-173.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This literature review identifies, describes and compares studies of the prevalence of abuse and neglect of older adults in Portugal. A retrospective bibliographic search yielded nine studies; seven of which were “grey literature” emanating from academic post-graduate studies. Most of the studies were small and often used a non-probabilistic convenience sampling method. Two instruments prevailed: the Questions to Elicit Elder Abuse aimed at older adults and the Caregiver Abuse Screen aimed at caregivers. Community-dwelling older adults self-reported a higher prevalence of abuse (between 66.7 and 86.7 per cent) than care professionals working with older adults suffering from dementia (between 26.7 and 47.4 per cent). Emotional abuse and neglect were the first and second most prevalent forms of abuse, followed by financial abuse. Physical abuse was least prevalent. Poorer perception of health, not making/receiving visits and residing in an urban area were the most consistent variables associated with elder abuse.
Older people
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.42-44.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Highlights recent research on older people. Subject areas include the development of care in the community, responses to abuse and neglect, and intergenerational work.