Innovating during the pandemic? Policing, domestic abuse and multi-agency risk assessment conferencing (MARACs)
Sandra Walklate, Barry Godfrey, Jane Richardson
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the challenges posed for the ongoing implementation of multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) for police forces in England and Wales during the 2020 pandemic.
This is rapid response research involving qualitative methods primarily online semi-structured interviewing with a sample of police domestic abuse leads in England and Wales.
The findings point to increased use of virtual platforms particularly for ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - May 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sandra Walklate Barry Godfrey Jane Richardson Source Type: research
Structural discrimination and abuse: COVID-19 and people in care homes in England and Wales
Jonathan Parker
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to explore the significant and high death toll of COVID-19 on care home residents and social care staff in England and Wales. These mortality figures, alongside differential treatment of residents and staff during the pandemic, are conceptualized as a form of structural abuse. Arguments are made for the inclusion of structural abuse as a separate category of elder abuse.
This paper is predominantly conceptual but it also draws on available secondary data, such as mort...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jonathan Parker Source Type: research
“Taking it on the chin”: older people, human rights and COVID-19
John Williams
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.86-97
The purpose of this article is to discuss the implications of government responses to COVID-19 for older people. Governments in England and in Wales faced complex decisions when responding to COVID-19. This paper considers the impact of their actions on the human rights of older people. It argues that there is a case to answer of potential breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights. Although it is too early to come to firm conclusions as more scientific and medical evidence is required, some actions by governments ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: John Williams Source Type: research
COVID-19: a shock to the system-reflections from practice by safeguarding adults board managers
Walter Lloyd-Smith, Lindsey Bampton, Julia Caldwell, Anita Eader, Helen Jones, Steven Turner
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.134-139
This paper aims to set out to share the reflections of safeguarding adult board managers as they worked through what is likely to be just the first wave of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
The paper draws on the experience of small number of safeguarding adult board managers who have provided reflections from practice.
This paper illustrates just some of the responses developed by safeguarding adult board managers and their boards t...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Walter Lloyd-Smith Lindsey Bampton Julia Caldwell Anita Eader Helen Jones Steven Turner Source Type: research
Undue pressure or moral obligation: religious gifting and undue influence
Vinny Kennedy
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to stimulate discussion on how best to protect individuals from undue influence when gifting to religious institutions in England and Wales.
This paper is based on the law relating to undue influence in England and Wales and draws from the literature regarding gifting to religious institutions and accountability of such institutions.
This paper identifies that more needs to be done to protect individuals, so as to ensure they are gifting to religious institutions using their ow...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - February 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vinny Kennedy Source Type: research
Transitional Safeguarding: presenting the case for developing Making Safeguarding Personal for young people in England
Christine Cocker, Adi Cooper, Dez Holmes, Fiona Bateman
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to set out the similarities and differences between the legal frameworks for safeguarding children and adults. It presents the case for developing a Transitional Safeguarding approach to create an integrated paradigm for safeguarding young people that better meets their developmental needs and better reflects the nature of harms young people face.
This paper draws on the key principles of the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christine Cocker Adi Cooper Dez Holmes Fiona Bateman Source Type: research
Theorising the impact of COVID-19 on the fraud victimisation of older persons
Cassandra Cross
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.98-109
The purpose of this paper is to understand how COVID-19 may alter the vulnerability levels of older persons, and how this may change their potential for fraud victimisation. This is particularly focused on the government’s use of isolation, restrictions on activity and physical distancing to combat the virus.
In the absence of statistics, this paper examines what is currently known about older persons and fraud, as well as the recent knowledge of COVID-19-related fraud. On this basis, the paper hypothesises the co...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cassandra Cross Source Type: research
Prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) during novel Covid-19 lock-down in Uganda
Madinah Nabukeera
The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.116-133
The purpose of this paper is to understand the challenges related to fighting gender-based violence (GBV) victims during the lockdown in Uganda and suggest prevention and response to GBV and domestic violence victims and stakeholders amidst the deadly novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.
Content analysis was used to collect data to answer the objective of the study. Relevant documents that related to prevention and response to GBV amidst the deadly novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic were reviewed i.e. both print...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Madinah Nabukeera Source Type: research
The crisis of Neoliberal project of aging during the COVID-19 pandemic: from compulsory activity to mandatory isolation
Discussion of theoretical problems of ageism, social exclusion, safeguarding of the elderly and compulsion are necessary for improvement of social policy of ageing.
When the neoliberal project of ageing comes into collision with the reality with the reality, the authors recognize it as a crisis. It moves the society, and especially the elderly, to the situation of uncertainty. This paper calls for discussion and search for a new balance among the generations in a society.
This paper relies upon the current debate on neoliberal project of ageing and responds immediately to the situation of pandemic. Now conceptual...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - December 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elena Bogdanova Irina Grigoryeva Source Type: research
Safeguarding Adults under the Care Act 2014 – Understanding Good Practice
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 155-156, March 2019. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - April 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Editorial
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 69-73, March 2019. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - April 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Safeguarding Adults under the Care Act 2014 – Understanding Good Practice
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 155-156, March 2019. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - April 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Editorial
The Journal of Adult Protection,Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 69-73, March 2019. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - April 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring primary care responses to domestic violence and abuse (DVA): operationalisation of a national initiative
This study was designed to assess the impact that a local level implementation of the national IRIS initiative had on both providers and users of the service simultaneously. The study identifi es that a “whole team approach” in the primary care setting is critical to the effectiveness of DVA initiatives. (Source: The Journal of Adult Protection)
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - March 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
