Exploring care home providers ’ public commitments to human rights in light of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 357-367, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore care home providers ’ public communications covering their commitments to respecting residents’ the human rights. The discussion considers the United Nations guiding principles on business and human rights United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and a domestic legal and regulatory hum an rights framework. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative content analysis undertaken in 2017 of 70 websites of England’s largest commercial care home providers. Findings T...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Home pressures: failures of care and pressure ulcer problems in the community – the findings of serious case reviews
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 345-356, December 2017. Purpose Local serious case reviews (SCRs) (now Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs)) may be held in England when a vulnerable adult dies or is harmed or at risk of being so, and local agencies may not have responded to the abuse or neglect. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a documentary analysis of these reviews to ascertain what recommendations are made about pressure ulcer prevention and treatment at home, setting these in the context of safeguarding, and assessing what lessons may be learned by considering them as a grou...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Gambling and adult safeguarding: connections and evidence
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 333-344, December 2017. Purpose Opportunities to gamble have boomed in the UK in recent years, since the passing of the Gambling Act 2005. The implications of this for adults with care and support needs and for safeguarding services have not been greatly investigated. The purpose of this paper is to address the interface of how gambling affects adults with care and support needs in England and adult safeguarding. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports on the scoping review which focussed on adults with care and support needs and gambling-related harm. It al...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Safeguarding practice in England where access to an adult at risk is obstructed by a third party: findings from a survey
This study addressed a question which is topical in England and provides evidence about the frequency of the problem of gaining access to adults at risk. There has been no comparable study in England. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Social workers ’ power of entry in adult safeguarding concerns: debates over autonomy, privacy and protection
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 312-322, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore debates about the powers social workers may need to undertake safeguarding enquiries where access to the adult is denied. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes as a starting point a scoping review of the literature undertaken as part of a study exploring social work responses to situations where they are prevented from speaking to an adult at risk by a third party. Findings A power of entry might be one solution to situations where social workers are prevented from accessing an adult at ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The shaping of safeguarding
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 309-311, December 2017. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got: commissioning and regulating care homes to prevent abuse
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 418-430, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a review of some of the fundamental theoretical and contextual components of commissioning and regulatory processes as applied to care home services, revisiting and examining how they impact on the potential prevention of abuse. Design/methodology/approach By revisiting a number of the theoretical bases of commissioning activity, some of which may also be applied to regulatory functions, the reasons for the apparent limited impact on the prevention of the abuse that occurs in care homes by thes...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Police and partners: new ways of working together in Montr éal
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 406-417, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an inter-agency practice integrated within a police intervention model which was developed for police officers and their partners in Montr éal. Design/methodology/approach The Integrated Police Response for Abused Seniors (IPRAS) action research project (2013-2016) developed, tested, and implemented a police intervention model to counter elder abuse. Two linked phases of data collection were carried out: a diagnostic of police pract ices and needs (year 1) and an evaluation of the implementati...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Researching the financial abuse of individuals lacking mental capacity
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 394-405, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the aspects of an exploratory investigation into the scale and nature of the financial abuse of adults lacking mental capacity. Design/methodology/approach It uses mixed-methods study which comprises of: a review of safeguarding adults ’ statistics; analysis of court case findings; classification of types of financial abuse, victims and perpetrators; qualitative exploration of professional views of the nature of financial abuse of those lacking mental capacity; and a consideration of policy...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Psychological elder abuse: measuring severity levels or potential family conflicts?
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 380-393, December 2017. Purpose Psychological elder abuse (PEA) assessment is described with different thresholds. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the prevalence of PEA and the phenomenon ’s characterisation varied using two different thresholds. Design/methodology/approach Participants from the cross-sectional population-based study, Aging and Violence (n=1,123), answered three questions regarding PEA. The less strict measure considered PEA as a positive response to any of the t hree evaluated behaviours. The stricter measure comprised the occurrence...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Elder abuse screening tools: a systematic review
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 368-379, December 2017. Purpose Elder abuse results in high rates of morbidity and mortality. It has longstanding physical and psychological effects and is difficult to detect. Due to fear or embarrassment, victims may make attempts to hide it rather than to disclose and professionals are often reluctant to report it as they may worry about worsening a situation. If detected early enough, serious harm can be prevented and lives saved. Screening and screening tools can assist health and social care practitioners to detect abuse. This review of screening tools was und...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring care home providers ’ public commitments to human rights in light of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 357-367, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore care home providers ’ public communications covering their commitments to respecting residents’ the human rights. The discussion considers the United Nations guiding principles on business and human rights United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and a domestic legal and regulatory hum an rights framework. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative content analysis undertaken in 2017 of 70 websites of England’s largest commercial care home providers. Findings T...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Home pressures: failures of care and pressure ulcer problems in the community – the findings of serious case reviews
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 345-356, December 2017. Purpose Local serious case reviews (SCRs) (now Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs)) may be held in England when a vulnerable adult dies or is harmed or at risk of being so, and local agencies may not have responded to the abuse or neglect. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a documentary analysis of these reviews to ascertain what recommendations are made about pressure ulcer prevention and treatment at home, setting these in the context of safeguarding, and assessing what lessons may be learned by considering them as a grou...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Gambling and adult safeguarding: connections and evidence
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 333-344, December 2017. Purpose Opportunities to gamble have boomed in the UK in recent years, since the passing of the Gambling Act 2005. The implications of this for adults with care and support needs and for safeguarding services have not been greatly investigated. The purpose of this paper is to address the interface of how gambling affects adults with care and support needs in England and adult safeguarding. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports on the scoping review which focussed on adults with care and support needs and gambling-related harm. It al...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Safeguarding practice in England where access to an adult at risk is obstructed by a third party: findings from a survey
This study addressed a question which is topical in England and provides evidence about the frequency of the problem of gaining access to adults at risk. There has been no comparable study in England. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
