Bisindo-based rational emotive behaviour therapy model: study preliminary prevention of sexual harassment in women with deafness
Marlina Marlina, Yuninda Tria Ningsih, Zulian Fikry, Dea Resti Fransiska
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Women with deafness are one of the vulnerable groups who experience sexual harassment. As a result, they experience psychological disorders such as stress, anxiety, fear and trauma. This problem is made worse because women with deafness have language and speech disorders. This paper aims to explore sexual harassment of women with deafness and develop Bisindo-based rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) to deal with sexual harassment against w...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marlina Marlina
Yuninda Tria Ningsih
Zulian Fikry
Dea Resti Fransiska Source Type: research
Book review
Bridget Penhale
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp.57-59 (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bridget Penhale Source Type: research
Editorial
Bridget Penhale, Margaret Flynn
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp.1-2 (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bridget Penhale
Margaret Flynn Source Type: research
Sexual assault of older people by hospital staff in England
Amanda Warburton-Wynn
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the findings of this research. A research paper was published in October 2021 highlighting results of freedom of information (FOI) requests sent to National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in England. The FOI requests asked for the number of incidents of sexual assault reported by hospitals where the victim was aged over 60 and the alleged perpetrator was a member of staff.
The methodology involved sending FOI requests to all 206 NHS hospital Trusts in ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amanda Warburton-Wynn Source Type: research
Missing links: safeguarding and disability hate crime responses
Jane C. Healy, Rosslyn Dray
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to consider the relationship between disability hate crime and safeguarding adults. It critically considers whether safeguarding responses to disability hate crime have changed following the implementation of the Care Act 2014. Historically, protectionist responses to disabled people may have masked the scale of hate crime and prevented them from seeking legal recourse through the criminal justice system (CJS). This paper investigates whether agencies are working together e...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jane C. Healy
Rosslyn Dray Source Type: research
“Just because people are old, just because they're ill…” dignity matters in district nursing
Emma Stevens, Liz Price, Liz Walker
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to explore the concept and practice, of dignity as understood and experienced by older adults and district nursing staff. The paper adds a new, nuanced, understanding of safeguarding possibilities in the context of district nursing care delivered in the home.
The research used an ethnographic methodology involving observations of care between community district nursing clinicians and patients (n = 62) and semi-structured interviews with nursing staff (n = 11) a...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emma Stevens
Liz Price
Liz Walker Source Type: research
Editorial
Bridget Penhale, Margaret Flynn
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp.353-357 (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bridget Penhale
Margaret Flynn Source Type: research
Unsafe at home: the increased trend of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
Anita Jahid
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The pandemic situation has increased the domestic violence rate against women and children significantly around the world. However, it is difficult to measure the accurate rate of increased domestic violence because of restrictions and limited mobility in accessing help and reporting. This paper aims to highlight the current situation of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and domestic violence in Bangladesh. It also states the challenges of the unprecedented situation and how to encounter incr...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anita Jahid Source Type: research
Elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes as a reciprocal process: the view from the perspective of care workers
Ana Paula Gil, Manuel Luis Capelas
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Reciprocal abuse inside care practices remain under-studied due to their invisibility and further research is required. The purpose of this paper is to explore different levels of conflicts inside organisations.
The paper is based on a self-administered questionnaire filled out by care workers (n = 150), in 16 Portuguese care homes.
Results indicated that, overall, 54.7% of care workers had observed abuse, in their daily practice, in the preceding 12 months: 48.7% psycho...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - November 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ana Paula Gil
Manuel Luis Capelas Source Type: research
Getting our voice heard: empowering people with a learning disability to influence adult safeguarding policy
Lorna Montgomery, Gavin Davidson, Berni Kelly, Linda McKendry, Leslie-Anne Newton, Paul Webb, Lisamarie Wood
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to present an examination of the development of adult safeguarding policy from the perspectives of both policymakers and those who have sought to influence policy, to empower individuals with a learning disability to have a say in how policies, that influence their life and impact their right to independence, are developed.
This paper is based on a project which was led by a U...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - October 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lorna Montgomery
Gavin Davidson
Berni Kelly
Linda McKendry
Leslie-Anne Newton
Paul Webb
Lisamarie Wood Source Type: research
Editorial
Bridget Penhale, Margaret Flynn
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp.277-281 (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - October 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bridget Penhale
Margaret Flynn Source Type: research
Social work expertise, best interests and the court of protection
Jaime Lindsey, Mary O’Reardon
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of social work professional evidence in mental capacity law, specifically Court of Protection proceedings. The authors analyse how social workers perform as evidence givers in this domain and how social work as a profession is perceived alongside other professions within the context of adult social care decision-making in mental capacity law.
This paper draws on textual evidence from judgments and existing empirical data published ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - September 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jaime Lindsey
Mary O ’Reardon Source Type: research
Universal credit, gender and structural abuse
Jonathan Parker, Kelly Veasey
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to explore Joint couple payments under Universal Credit which tend to privilege male partners. This may entrap women in abusive relationships, foster poverty which are indicative of gendered structural abuse.
Through a critical review of the literature and qualitative interviews with third sector support workers, the authors explore the impacts that Universal Credit has on women, especially those in abusive partnerships.
Current welfare processes reinforce patri...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - August 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jonathan Parker
Kelly Veasey Source Type: research
Measuring social skills: cultural adaptation and validation of the SSI-Del Prette
This study aims to adapt and validate the social skills inventory (SSI) (Del Prette and Del Prette, 2001) to the Portuguese population.
The authors conducted two studies. In Study 1, the authors gathered the psychometric characteristics of the SSI-Del-Prette through exploratoryfactor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In Study 2, the authors correlated the new measure with measures of depression and empathy to test for divergent and concurrent validity.
The obtained version of the SSI-Del-Prette showed a good model fit and internal consistency. This measure presented six factors: conversation ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - August 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ão Filipe Fundinho
Jos é Ferreira-Alves
Ana Carolina Braz
Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette
Almir Del Prette Source Type: research
Remote support to victims of violence against women and domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sónia Maria Martins Caridade, Rosa Saavedra, Rita Ribeiro, Ana Cristina Oliveira, Manuela Santos, Iris Sofia Almeida, Cristina Soeiro
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to characterize the type of support provided to victims of violence against women and domestic violence (VAWDV) during the first lockdown, assessing the training of professionals to use remote support (RS).
This cross-sectional study involves a sample of 196 support professionals, mainly women (91.8%) and who integrate the Portuguese National Support Network for v...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - August 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S ónia Maria Martins Caridade
Rosa Saavedra
Rita Ribeiro
Ana Cristina Oliveira
Manuela Santos
Iris Sofia Almeida
Cristina Soeiro Source Type: research
