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Elder abuse in the United Kingdom
- Author:
- PENHALE Bridget
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 20(2), 2008, pp.151-168.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Elder abuse began to attract attention in the UK in the 1990s, following earlier concerns with child abuse and domestic violence. Initially, interest focused on domestic settings but institutional settings are now also being explored. This paper summarises what is currently known about this type of abuse, and about protection and prevention. It also discusses legislative responses, national guidance, local authority responses, the value of a multi-disciplinary approach, and good practice issues. Knowledge about the mistreatment of older people is still incomplete and more research is needed, together with the continuing development of professional standards, systems of accountability, and education and training (including of the general public). (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
UK care home providers for older people: advice on consumer law
- Author:
- COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 149
- Place of publication:
- London
This advice sets out what care home providers for older people need to do to ensure they are treating their residents fairly under consumer law. It covers the information that care home providers should give to potential residents, their families or other representatives to help them make informed choices, such as giving an indication of the weekly fees charged to self-funders. It also provides advice on ensuring the terms of contracts are fair for residents; the requirement of care homes to provide a quality service; and ensuring complaints procedures are easy to find and use, and that complaints are handled fairly. Care home providers that don’t meet their obligations under consumer law risk facing enforcement action by the CMA or Trading Standards Services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dignity ward
- Author:
- A DIGNIFIED REVOLUTION
- Publisher:
- A Dignified Revolution
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Cowbridge
Dignity Ward is a resource designed by A Dignified Revolution, a campaign group established in January 2008 to improve the care of older people in hospital. Patients can become vulnerable when they are admitted to hospital and their rights might be diminished by their situation. Dignity Ward is designed for nurses to increase their knowledge of the Human Rights Act and help them to think about how they can use it to help protect an individual’s human rights on the ward. It considers relevant human rights in hospitals and what constitutes a breach of human rights. Real life examples are used to encourage discussion about how practice might be used.
Dementia: ethical issues
- Author:
- NUFFIELD COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 172p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is an independent organisation that looks at ethical issues in biology and medicine. This report, based on a the results of a public consultation, explores the ethical dilemmas that are faced by people with dementia and those who care for them. The sort of issues addressed include: How people with dementia are involved in making decisions about their treatment and care; Whether it is right to include people with dementia in research, if they are no longer able to choose for themselves; How people with more advanced dementia are treated by those caring for them and how much control they have over their own lives; What difficulties family and friends experience when caring for a loved one with dementia.
Supported living - the legal and regulatory issues
- Author:
- GROSE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 1(1), September 2006, pp.86-95.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This review discusses the legal aspects of supported and assisted living and the regulation and deregulation of care homes in conjunction with the Care Standards Act 2000, Department of Health Guidance published in August 2002, the 'Alternative Futures' case heard by the Care Standards Tribunal in 2003 and by the Court of Appeal in 2005. In the meantime, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) have issued interim guidance but further guidance is awaited from the Department of Health. The author highlights the fact that the Joint CSCI/Healthcare Commission report published in July 2006 revealing abuse in 'supported living' houses in Cornwall which should have been registered as care homes brings into focus the need to assess whether supported living housing throughout England should be registered as care homes if personal care is provided together with accommodation.
Setting the scene: a training pack to use with care assistants working in residential and nursing homes
- Author:
- HOWARD Helen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 92p., transparencies
- Place of publication:
- London
This training for care assistants working in residential and nursing homes includes topics on older people and care, principles of quality care, getting support and feedback, rights and responsibilities of care assistants, respecting privacy and dignity and quality care and the role of regulation. The training materials help care home owners and managers to meet the required standards of training, as set out in the government's consultation document, Fit for the Future, which forms part of the new Care Standards Act 2002. They also provide information on how carers in residential care can have their competence recognised through National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).
The principles of care: a training pack to use with care assistants working in residential and nursing homes
- Author:
- HOWARD Helen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 86p., transparencies
- Place of publication:
- London
A training pack designed for care assistants working in residential and nursing home. The pack includes topics such as communication skills, encouraging independence, valuing individuality and difference, promoting choice and self-esteem, recognising rights and responsibilities, what to do when things go wrong, and maintaining a balance between safety and risk. The training materials help care home owners and managers to meet the required standards of training, as set out in the government's consultation document, Fit for the Future, which forms part of the new Care Standards Act 2002. They also provide information on how carers in residential care can have their competence recognised through National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).
Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2002: chapter 9; explanatory notes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Act covers two areas. Firstly, it provides for public payments for nursing care for people resident in nursing homes. Currently the cost of nursing care is included in the overall cost of a nursing home placement and may be borne by residents whose means are such that they fund, or part-fund, their own care. There has been an anomaly in relation to nursing care, in that it has been supplied free as a health service to a person in their own home (or indeed to a resident in a residential care home, if supplied externally by a Trust via the community nursing service). From 7 October 2002 the nursing care element of the total cost will be met from public funds reducing the overall cost to the individual. This is one of the responses to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care which reported its findings in the publication "With Respect to Age" in March 1999. The Royal Commission was set up to look at the system of funding for the care of elderly people, and the apportionment of costs between public funds and individuals. Secondly, it is proposed to set up a new local body to support the development of nursing and midwifery in the key areas of best practice, ongoing education and continuous professional development and performance.
Clinical guidelines in old age psychiatry
- Authors:
- BURNS Alistair, DENING Tom, LAWLOR Brian
- Publisher:
- Martin Dunitz
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 208p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Clinical guidelines have been defined as systematically developed statements which assist clinicians and patients in making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific conditions. This book aims to bring material together in the field of old age psychiatry in order to form judgements about which guidelines are "better". Topics include, dementia, depression, other disorders.
The care homes legal handbook
- Author:
- COOPER Jeremy
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 171p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This handbook provides care home managers and related social work professionals with guidance and practical instruction in understanding the relevant regulations involved. The book provides a summary of the Care Standards Act and its associated regulations, the National Minimum Standards, and an outline of the impact of the Human Rights Act in residential settings.