Negotiating meaning – the experience of community aged care
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2017. Purpose A framework for achieving what Heidegger referred to as a ‘fusion of horizons’ of understanding, was developed during a study into the experience of a group of older adults receiving care. Design/methodology/approach The interpretive hermeneutic phenomenological methodology provided strategies for enabling a researcher to shift his or her understand ing to be closer to that of the older adult receiving care, to better understand the experience of receiving care from the perspective of a recipient. Older adults participated in research explorin...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
A response to "A Preventable Death? A family's perspective on a safeguarding adult's case review regarding an adult with Traumatic Brain Injury"
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2017. Purpose To reflect on the particular case from a professional's perspective to provide, in conjunction with the original article, a more holistic overview of some of its implications for safeguarding practice and, by definition, for the provision of health and social care support services to individuals with a Traumatic Brain Injury and their families. Design/methodology/approach Not applicable as not a piece of research but a response to a previous article Findings That a lack of 'professional curiosity' on the part of practitioners across a range of pr...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Editorial - JAP 19.1
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2017. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
I feel proud we are moving forward: safeguarding mindfulness for vulnerable student and teacher wellbeing in a community college
This study found that mindfulness meditation is not necessarily a positive experience for vulnerable college students and their teachers and that there was a need for more teacher training, knowledge and ongoing support about the effects of some mindfulness meditations on some vulnerable students and how to adjust their intensity. Research limitations/implications While this is a small qualitative study the majority of students interviewed reported unusual experiences. While this is not well known in the literature on mindfulness in higher education a search of the clinical literature supports the findings that significan...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Who is vulnerable? Adult social care and modern slavery
We describe the history of the development of modern slavery legislation in the UK, outline key provisions of the Care Act, illustrated with real-life cases. The analysis suggests that adult social care – characterised by informality, fragmentation and vulnerability - is one where instances of modern slavery may be more common than considered to date. Findings The data collected, though relatively modest, suggests that a thorough investigation should be undertaken into the possibility of mode rn slavery taking place within the realm of adult social care.. Research limitations/implications Data has been collected throug...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Negotiating meaning – the experience of community aged care
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2017. Purpose A framework for achieving what Heidegger referred to as a ‘fusion of horizons’ of understanding, was developed during a study into the experience of a group of older adults receiving care. Design/methodology/approach The interpretive hermeneutic phenomenological methodology provided strategies for enabling a researcher to shift his or her understand ing to be closer to that of the older adult receiving care, to better understand the experience of receiving care from the perspective of a recipient. Older adults participated in research explorin...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
A response to "A Preventable Death? A family's perspective on a safeguarding adult's case review regarding an adult with Traumatic Brain Injury"
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2017. Purpose To reflect on the particular case from a professional's perspective to provide, in conjunction with the original article, a more holistic overview of some of its implications for safeguarding practice and, by definition, for the provision of health and social care support services to individuals with a Traumatic Brain Injury and their families. Design/methodology/approach Not applicable as not a piece of research but a response to a previous article Findings That a lack of 'professional curiosity' on the part of practitioners across a range of pr...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Editorial - JAP 19.1
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2017. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Intimate Violence Across the Lifespan: Interpersonal, Familial and Cross Generational Perspectives
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 18, Issue 6, Page 353-354, December 2016. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil? Underreporting of abuse in care homes
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 18, Issue 6, Page 303-317, December 2016. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present some of the findings from an empirical, mixed methods research project that reveal underreporting and active concealment of abuse in private sector care homes. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 36 care home personnel. An anonymously completed questionnaire was also used concurrently among newly appointed staff in newly opened care homes, to elicit additional quantitative and qualitative data. Findings A significant number of respondents reported awaren...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Intimate Violence Across the Lifespan: Interpersonal, Familial and Cross Generational Perspectives
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 18, Issue 6, Page 353-354, December 2016. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil? Underreporting of abuse in care homes
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 18, Issue 6, Page 303-317, December 2016. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present some of the findings from an empirical, mixed methods research project that reveal underreporting and active concealment of abuse in private sector care homes. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 36 care home personnel. An anonymously completed questionnaire was also used concurrently among newly appointed staff in newly opened care homes, to elicit additional quantitative and qualitative data. Findings A significant number of respondents reported awaren...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
A preventable death? A family ’s perspective on an adult safeguarding review regarding an adult with traumatic brain injury
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2016. Purpose To review the care management of a man with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) from a family member ’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a case history of “Tom” both prior to his TBI and after. Findings Tom was the subject of a safeguarding adults case review in Somerset following his death in 2014. Ultimately the paper highlights the shortcomings and failures in the care Tom received by various organisations which ultimately contributed to his suicide. Practical implications The paper highlights the need for more eff...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Safeguarding adults: from realism to ritual
This study employed Augusto Boal ’s model of Forum Theatre to explore how a variety of professional and lay groups understood, related to and engaged with how the Care Act 2014 defines and describes ‘adult safeguarding’. Findings Lay participants responded to the scenario in a variety of ways, upholding the construct valid ity of ‘adult safeguarding’ and the authority of the social worker. Social care and health practitioners sought orderly, professionalised and sometimes ritualistic solutions to the ‘adult safeguarding’ scenario presented, seeking carefully to structure and to manage lay involvement. Inter-...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Parliamentary arguments on powers of access – the Care Bill debates
We describe the content of debates on the risks and benefits of a new right to access for social workers and the role of champions who determinedly pursued this policy, putting forward three unsuccessful amendments in efforts to insert this new power into the safeguarding section of The Care Act 2014. Research limitations/implications There are limits to a focus on Parliamentary reports and the limits of Hansard reporting are small but need to be acknowledged. However, adult safeguarding research has surprisingly not undertaken substantial analyses of political rhetoric despite the public theatre of the debate and the imp...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
