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Mistreatment of older people in the United Kingdom: findings from the first National Prevalence Study
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 20(1), January 2009, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The National Prevalence Study of Elder Mistreatment took place in 2006 and included 2,111 respondents aged 66 and over from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who answered a face-to-face questionnaire. Mistreatment by family members, close friends or care workers was reported by 2.6%, with the most common form being neglect (1.1%) followed by financial abuse (0.6%), psychological abuse (0.4%), physical abuse (0.4%) and sexual abuse (0.2%). Women were significantly more likely to have experienced mistreatment than men but there were gender differences according to type of abuse and perpetrator, and divergent patterns for neglect, financial and interpersonal abuse. Further analysis of the data also indicated that the likelihood of mistreatment varied according to socioeconomic position and health status.
Elder abuse in Europe
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, KINGSTON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 2(3), 1995, pp.1-2.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Elder abuse is becoming a matter of increasing concern in Europe. The authors introduce this special edition on the subject.
Getting in training
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.7.93, 1993, p.15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
To tackle elder abuse effectively it is vital that social workers are trained. Looks at the types of training approaches available and calls for long-term strategies to be drawn up.
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.
Abuse and neglect of older people: secondary analysis of UK prevalence study
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Publishers:
- NatCen Social Research, King's College London
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 79
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes secondary analysis of data from the UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People (UKPS), which aimed to examine UK prevalence and risk factors associated with different definitions of mistreatment; to examine risk factors ‘in context’; and to explore a wider range of potential risk factors, using merged data from the Health Survey for England. This secondary analysis of the UKPS data examines key risk factors associated with mistreatment and with different types of mistreatment – neglect, and psychological, financial and physical abuse – by a family member, friend or care worker. Additional factors associated with mistreatment –such as mobility problems, falls, health problems, bladder problems and views of the local neighbourhood – are examined for England, using additional variables from the Health Survey for England 2005. The report notes how different definitions of mistreatment lead to differing estimates of prevalence, but that there is little evidence to support the likelihood that an older person subject to one form of abuse will also be subject to others. (Edited publisher abstract)
Defining elder abuse
- Authors:
- BRAMMER Alison, BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 20(3), 1998, pp.285-304.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The definition of elder abuse is at a formative stage in British social policy. This article examines four existing definitions of elder abuse from policy and socio-legal perspectives. The development of the definitions is reviewed as part of the process of problem formation within the context of the social construction of old age in British Social Policy. Central themes and terms contained in the definitions are analysed in detail from legal and policy standpoints. Finally, the definitions are compared to the Law Commission recommendations to form the basis of public law protection of vulnerable adults.
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.
Elder abuse and the policing of community care
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 6(2), June 1996, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Although there has recently been an increased interest in elder abuse, this article argues that it has been limited in policy terms to domestic settings, with little concentration on institutional abuse. Looks at the present state of policy in elder abuse and the need to take into account the social causes of abuse.
Elder abuse in perspective
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, PHILLIPSON Chris, KINGSTON Paul
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 153p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Examines how the mistreatment of older people is defined, theorized and researched. Places the problem in its social and historical context, giving special attention to forms of abuse within families, communities, and institutions such as hospitals and residential homes. Looks at issues around training and elder abuse, and explores the most effective methods of intervention and prevention.
Failed individualism in community care: an example from elder abuse
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 8(2), 1994, pp.137-149.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Community care has been associated with a particular vision of interpersonal relations reflecting the demands of a market economy of welfare. It is argued that individualised notions of citizenship significantly effect how social actors respond to issues such as dependence, independence and interdependence, with consequences that locate unacceptable attributes within 'failed individuals'. This gives rise to a number of possibilities for collusion between workers, carers and older people who require services, and forms the basic triangle for interpersonal relations within community care policy. The parallel rise of elder abuse as a recognised social problem is considered in this light and three forms of collusive alliance, based on life-task, family solidarity and heroic defence are explored in greater detail. Concludes by examining the possibility of interdependence as a guiding principle which can be used to contain each actor's perspective, whilst contributing to the development of non-abusive relationships.