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Safeguarding Older People from Abuse: Critical Contexts to Policy and Practice
Angie Ash
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Description for Safeguarding Older People from Abuse: Critical Contexts to Policy and Practice
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP31; JKSG; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Most scandals about or inquiries into the abuse of older people in health and social care settings fail to address - much less challenge - the social, economic and cultural contexts in which it is allowed to take place. This book provides this much-needed challenge, illustrating the ways in which ageism, lack of resources, target-driven policy and organisational cultures of blame and scapegoating facilitate elder abuse. It argues for the development of ethically driven, research-informed policies and practices.
Most scandals about or inquiries into the abuse of older people in health and social care settings fail to address - much less challenge - the social, economic and cultural contexts in which it is allowed to take place. This book provides this much-needed challenge, illustrating the ways in which ageism, lack of resources, target-driven policy and organisational cultures of blame and scapegoating facilitate elder abuse. It argues for the development of ethically driven, research-informed policies and practices.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447305675
SKU
V9781447305675
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Ref
99-50
About Angie Ash
Angie Ash runs the UK health and social care research consultancy, Angela Ash Associates (www.ashassociates.co.uk), and is a registered social worker. Angie's career has spanned university-based social research, social work practice, charity sector management, research and management consultancy to government, charities and businesses. Most recently, she has held research fellowships at the University of Bristol and Swansea University.
Reviews for Safeguarding Older People from Abuse: Critical Contexts to Policy and Practice
Angie Ash presents a strongly argued case for fundamental change in policy making and practice to protect older people from abuse and for a new approach that is informed by theory, critically aware and ethically driven. This book is written with clarity of purpose and perspective and deserves to be read widely. Dr Liz Lloyd, Reader in Social Gerontology, ... Read more