...Anna Szafranek Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the legal and regulative framework for the protection of elderly people, including unpaid family carers who experience domestic abuse in Poland. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws from the broad literature...

... what gaps exist in legislation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Safeguarding Older people Learning/intellectual disabilities Elderly people Nursing homes Institutional care Hospitals Elder care Winterbourne View was a shocking example of what happens when people...

... Social care Elderly people Although the numbers are small, some patterns can be seen in the differences between encountering financial abuse and suspecting abuse, the experience of care and financial managers and the perpetrator of the abuse. Experience with abuse was quite limited for care...

... research. The framework we propose to adapt is that of the bystander intervention model (Darley and Latané, 1968 ; Latané and Darley, 1968, 1970, 1976 ; Latané, 1981). This model involves the following five stages for bystander intervention in emergencies: Elder care Elderly people Personal...

.... Recommendations from the study were positively received and have directly informed the Government‐funded research programme in England. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Elder care Elderly people Residential homes Residential care Care homes United Kingdom Older people Abuse Neglect...

... staff could receive training in small doses at times that are considered appropriate, such as at the changeover period: Older people Mental health Learning/intellectual disabilities Mental capacity Training Residential care Elderly people Disabilities United Kingdom Community care...

... decision. Referral to an IMCA was suggested by many – incorrectly. Mental capacity Adult safeguarding Hospitals Older people Disabilities Elderly people Disadvantaged groups Decision making The aim of this paper is to report and discuss the findings from a case study of one English NHS...

... and ideological frameworks from which we conceptualise the “elusive realities” (Bauman, 2008, p. 2) of life. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Elderly people Maltreatment Philosophy Consumerism Indifference Social defences Elder care Society Ethics Recognition of the abuse...

... Elderly people Domestic violence Intervention Safeguarding Elder abuse is “increasingly viewed as the least recognized, least understood, and least addressed area of family violence in our society” (Rathbone‐McCuan, 2000, p. 220). Nonetheless, all us states have enacted elder abuse prevention laws...

... be contacted at: P.cambridge@kent.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Adult safeguarding Monitoring data Intellectual disability Elderly people Risk management No Secrets (Department of Health, 2000) suggested audit arrangements to monitor and evaluate adult...