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The final betrayal
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 4.4.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports from the third Action on Elder Abuse conference which was held in Warwick last week. Calls for elder abuse to investigate and clear policies for both the abused and the abuser to be developed.
Elder protection in the community: what can we learn from child protection?
- Author:
- STEVENSON Olive
- Publisher:
- Age Concern Institute of Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 35p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper looking at older people who are abused in the community by those with whom they live or who have some responsibility for looking after them in their own homes. Examines what can be learned from the experience of child protection services in the UK that can be useful in developing policy and practice to protect older people.
Older people's views of support services in response to elder abuse in communities across Ireland
- Authors:
- BEGLEY Emer, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 13(1), 2012, pp.48-59.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This study investigated older peoples’ perceptions of interventions and services to support people experiencing abuse. Participants included 58 older people, aged 65 years and over, who took part in focus groups across Ireland. Preventative community-based approaches and peer supports were identified as important mechanisms to support people experiencing, and being at risk of, elder abuse. Choices regarding care provision and housing, as well as opportunities for engagement in community activities where they can discuss issues with others were identified as ways to prevent abuse. The policy implication of the findings from this research is that enhanced attention and resources should be directed to community activities that enable older people to share their concerns informally thereby gaining confidence to seek more formal interventions when necessary. Suggested for future research are presented.
Inspection of services for older people with dementia in the community: Northumberland; September 1995
- Authors:
- BROWN Derek, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North East In
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Gateshead
Looking after uncle Sam
- Author:
- HOLT Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.3.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In the United States of America, it is estimated that more than one million older people and disabled adults are abused, neglected, or exploited every year and this number is expected to continue growing. However, unlike other countries who are struggling to respond to elder abuse American carers lead in this field. Asks what British workers can learn from specialist programmes which are in place in the US.
The development of an elder abuse policy in Britain: patterns and prospects
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 2(3), 1995, pp.30-33.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
The abuse of older people had been identified as a social problem at approximately the same time in both the UK and the USA. However, British responses to the problem have been slow to take shape. This article examines how British social policy currently views elder abuse and its implications for its positioning as a social problem of the 1990s.
Cultural diversity and the mistreatment of older people in black and minority ethnic communities: some implications for service provision
- Authors:
- BOWES Alison, AVAN Ghizala, MACINTOSH Sherry Bien
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 24(3), 2012, pp.251-274.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article considers understandings and experiences of mistreatment of older people in black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. It describes a study which aimed to identify the impact of cultural diversity on understandings of mistreatment of older people and to explore the implications of these cultural factors for the provision of improved services to older people in BME communities experiencing maltreatment. The study included qualitative interviews conducted with 28 service providers and with 58 people from a wide range of BME communities. Following analysis of these interviews, a series of 7 focus groups involving community members and 1 involving service providers were conducted to explore the fit and gaps between the service providers’ views and the community experiences. The findings show that clear gaps exist between service provision and people experiencing mistreatment due to structural and contextual factors, with cultural factors having a relatively minor impact. Implications for good practice are discussed; these focus on more general processes of exclusion, both of BME older people and BME communities generally and the BME voluntary sector in particular.
Age, ethnicity and equalities: synthesising policy and practice messages from two recent studies of elder abuse in the UK
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, BOWES Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 9(2), April 2010, pp.255-265.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper, drawing on comparative discussion of two recent studies of elder abuse in the United Kingdom, outlines the how these studies fit into current policy contexts on adult safeguarding. Elder abuse among people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups is a complex issues with five key components: cross-cultural divides; professional’s lack of skill with ethnic diversity; family structures dictate that explanations of abuse vary; BME groups may experience additional exclusion through racism, compounding the effects of ageism; and finally the effects of migration, language and culture may impact abuse. Interviews were carried out with 2,111 individuals, aged 66 or older, in the UK between March and September 2006, and discussed specific experiences of abuse and maltreatment. The authors’ discussion draws out the central messages and identifies the challenges that the studies present to recent policy debates and innovations. These relate to the need to properly integrate both wider older people's issues and issues of racism and ethnicity within developments in adult safeguarding policy as well as social care services as the personalisation agenda advances.
The cost of living: growing up is free, growing old is expensive
- Author:
- ACTION ON ELDER ABUSE
- Publisher:
- Action On Elder Abuse
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Elder abuse exists and that it may have a profound effect on the quality of life for older people; that both the rights and autonomy of the older person and their possible need to be protected from abuse are recognised; that all older people have the confidence, knowledge and support to take the action they choose to counter abuse; that health and social care practitioners at all levels are trained to recognise the different types of abuse including financial abuse.
A clash of cultures: rural values and service delivery to mistreated and neglected older people in Eastern Canada
- Authors:
- HARBISON Joan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 17(4), December 2005, pp.229-246.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is considerable evidence to suggest that older people living in situations of mistreatment and neglect are reluctant to accept help. This is attributed to the high value that older generations place on their privacy and family integrity, and on their ability to cope and remain in charge of their lives. This paper explores the challenges these cultural norms pose for formal and informal helpers. The discussion is illustrated by the findings of a study of service delivery in rural Eastern Canada. The study revealed that the efforts of formal and informal helpers to accommodate older people’s cultural norms, and respond to what they want, are frequently successful. However, this help is continually under threat from the centralisation and rationalisation of service delivery, as well as an increased focus on the potential for litigation resulting from harm to clients or helpers. The implications of these findings for practice are discussed.