Description: Safeguarding Older People from AbuseCritical Contexts to Policy and Practice Author(s): Angie Ash Format: Hardback Publisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom Imprint: Policy Press ISBN-13: 9781447305668, 978-1447305668 Synopsis 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.
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Book Title: Safeguarding Older People from Abuse
Publisher: Policy Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Elderly Care
Item Height: 234 mm
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Safeguarding Older People from Abuse: Critical Contexts to Policy and Practice
Type: Textbook
Author: Angie Ash
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
