Safeguarding Older People from Abuse - Critical Contexts to Policy and Practice (Hardcover, New)

The mistreatment of older people is increasingly recognised internationally as a significant abuse of elders' human rights. 'Scandals' and inquiries into the failure to protect older people from abuse in health and social care systems rarely address, and still less challenge, the social, economic and cultural context to the abuse of older people. This critical and challenging book makes a strong case for the development of ethically-driven, research-informed policy and practice to safeguard older people from abuse. Drawing on findings of original UK research and framed in an international context, it illustrates ways in which ageism, under-resourced services to older people, target-driven health and social care policy and services, and organisational cultures of blame and scapegoating, are a powerful yet invisible backcloth to elder abuse. Safeguarding older people from abuse will be essential reading for policy makers, politicians, professionals, campaigners, researchers and educators, and those working in criminal justice fields.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	Angie Ash
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4473-0566-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the elderly
LSN:	1-4473-0566-3
Barcode:	9781447305668

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