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Tag Archives: Elder Abuse
Estimated Prevalence of Elder Abuse in the Community: a Global Assessment (Lancet Global Health)
Summary A systematic review and meta-analysis examining elder abuse prevalence in community settings across 28 countries identified a pooled prevalence rate of 15.7% for overall elder abuse. The rates were 11.6% for psychological abuse, 6.8% for financial abuse, 4.2% for … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Davis School of Gerontology: University of Southern California, Elder Abuse, Estimated Global Prevalence of Financial Abuse, Estimated Global Prevalence of Neglect, Estimated Global Prevalence of Physical Abuse, Estimated Global Prevalence of Psychological Abuse, Estimated Global Prevalence of Sexual Abuse, Financial Abuse, Global Context, Global Outlook, High-Income Countries, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Lancet Global Health, Later Life, Los Angeles, Low Income Countries, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Mental Health and Illness, Middle Income Countries, Neglect, Neglect (Patterns of Abuse and Harm), Overall Elder Abuse Prevalence, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, PANICOA (Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults), Physical Abuse, Prevalence of Elder Abuse in Community, Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Psychological Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), UK, University of Southern California, University of West of England, USA, Wellbeing in an Ageing Population, WHO Department of Ageing and Life Course
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Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty (BBC News)
Summary Milton Keynes Council’s decision to move a woman with dementia from her house to a care home has been judged unlawful by the Court of Protection. Full Text Link Reference Care home move ‘breached woman’s human rights’. London: BBC … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in England: Implementation Costs, Elder Abuse, Elderly Human Rights, Human Rights, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Council
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Safeguarding and Housing (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) recently released a guide on safeguarding for the housing sector. It includes information – and examples from practice – to support local authority social care staff who work with housing sector staff. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Accountability, Action Fraud, Action on Elder Abuse, Adult Safeguarding, Alliance Homes, Ann Craft Trust, Anti-Social Behaviour, Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Birmingham Social Housing Partnership, Bournville Village Trust, Bradford, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Catalyst Housing Ltd, Circle Housing, Collaborative Working, Community Safety Partnerships, Domestic Abuse, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Elder Abuse, Empowerment, Frontline Housing Staff and Contractors, Gateshead, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, HCA: Homes and Communities Agency, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Housing and Safeguarding, Housing Managers, Housing Providers, Housing Representation on Safeguarding Adults Boards, Housing Safeguarding Agreement, Housing Safeguarding Networks, Independent Age, Information Sharing, Joint Working, Kirklees Council, Lancashire, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority and Social Care, Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Social Care Staff, Local Authority Support, Local Partnerships, London Borough of Lewisham, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPAs), Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs), Multi-Agency Safeguarding, Multi-Agency Working, Neglect, Partnership, Prevention, Private Landlords, Proportionality, Protection, Raising Concerns, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding and Housing, Safeguarding Boards, Safeguarding Principles, Safer Birmingham Partnership, Safer Estates Agreement, SCIE’s Knowledge Base on Safeguarding, SCIE’s Learning Together Initiative, Self-Neglect, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Solihull Adult Safeguarding Team, St Leger Homes (Doncaster), Stockport Council, Support for Carers, Support for Perpetrators of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Supported Housing, Sutton Housing Partnership, Thurrock Council, Transparency and Accountability, Waltham Forest Housing Association, Women’s Aid, Yorkshire
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Under-Cover Work in Elderly Care Home Exposes Sub-Standard Care (BBC News / BBC One Panorama)
Summary Eight staff members have been suspended from the Old Deanery care home in Essex after an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama found cases of malpractice and poor care. Secret filming for the “Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed” Panorama TV … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse (Care Workers and Care Homes), Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Care and Compassion, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion, Compassion in Care, Compassionate Care, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Essex County Council, Human Rights in Care Homes, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Institutional Abuse, Neglect, Old Deanery Care Home, Old Deanery in Essex, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Quality of Care, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Research in Care Homes, Safe and Compassionate Care, Secret Filming, Secret Filming in Care Homes, Staff Training, Staffing (Care Homes), Under Cover Working in Care Home, Whistleblowing
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Time to Listen in Care Homes, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme 2012 (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission‘s second Dignity and Nutrition report concerning care homes has been published alongside that for NHS hospitals. The CQC inspected 500 care homes, including 422 homes providing dementia care. It found that 84% of care homes respected … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (DANI), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme 2012 (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Reports, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Experts by Experience (CQC), Homes Providing Dementia Care, Human Rights, Human Rights in Care Homes, Hydration and Nutrition, Independence, Malnutrition, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Support, Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Residential Care Homes, Respect, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Safe Staffing, Safeguarding, Short Observational Framework for Inspection 2, Staffing (Care Homes), Staffing Levels
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Dignity and Nutrition In Hospitals: Inspection Programme Report (BBC News / CQC)
The Care Quality Commission‘s second Dignity and Nutrition report concerning NHS hospitals has found that roughly a third of hospitals fail to meet all the standards for nutrition and dignity. 50 hospitals were inspected by the CQC, of which 33 were meeting all of the five relevant … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard, Dignity, Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (DANI), Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme 2012 (CQC), Dignity and Nutrition Reports, Dignity and Respect, Elder Abuse, Human Rights, Hydration and Nutrition, Malnutrition, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Support, Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT), Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), Performance by Ward / Unit Type (Dementia Care), PLACE (Patient-Led Assessment of Care Environments), Privacy, Record-Keeping, Safe Staffing for Older People in Hospitals, Safeguarding, Short Observational Framework for Inspection 2, Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Time to Listen in NHS Hospitals
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Improving Later Life (Age UK)
Summary This electronic book is a compilation of themed insights, each of the sections being written by various experts in their fields, concerning the best evidence available on the main issues in the health and wellbeing of people aged 85 … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Assistive Technology, BBC News, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Achievement: Six Senses, Action on Elder Abuse, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Ageing, Ageing Well, Ageism, Assistive Technology, BBC Health News, Belonging: Six Senses, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Continuity: Six Senses, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Dental Healthcare, Detecting Elder Abuse, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity Code, Elder Abuse, Empowerment, Enabling Technology, Engagement, Exercise, Eye Health, Fourth Age, General Hospitals, Health and Social Care, Heterogeneity, Hospitals, Incontinence, Independence and Relationships, Living Long, Living Well with Dementia, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mentally Stimulating Activity in Old Age, Moderate Exercise, Multiple Chronic Disease, Multiple Health Issues, Multiple-Morbidities, National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, Nonagenarians, Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age (Age UK), Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Patient Involvement, Personalised Care, Personhood, Physical Exercise Programmes, Preconceptions (Misconceptions), Preparing for a Better Later Life, Preventative Care, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Professor Alistair Burns, Purpose: Six Senses, Quality and User Involvement, Regular Exercise, Relationship-Centred Care, Remember the Person, Security: Six Senses, Sedentary Behaviour, Seeing The Person, Senses, Service User Involvement, Significance: Six Senses, Silver Book, Six Senses, Six Senses (Security Belonging Continuity Purpose Achievement Significance), Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Disturbances, Sleep Fragmentation, Sleeping Problems, Social Care, Social Care Provision, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Social Isolation, Social Life, Social Networks, Social Relationships, The Silver Book, Urinary Incontinence, User Involvement, Whole Person Medicine
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Code of Conduct and National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers (Skills for Health and Skills for Care)
Summary Skills for Health and Skills for Care were sponsored by the Department of Health in 2011 to develop a Code of Conduct and a set of National Minimum Training Standards for healthcare support workers. Read more: Code of Conduct and … Continue reading →