Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review"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, University of Bristol
“This book on safeguarding of older people presents a critical and balanced overview of practice, policies and research. With Angie Ash’s ethical quest for the “right action”, inertia can no longer be accepted. This book is essential reading and will become a classic training resource.” Professor Marie Beaulieu, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Table of ContentsContexts to safeguarding older people from abuse; The need for theory, critical thinking and practice; The abuse of older people; Adult protection, safeguarding and personalisation; Public policy implementation in street-level bureaucracies; A case study of street-level policy implementation to protect older people from abuse; Discretion and dissonance in adult protection work; Cultures and contexts of complicity; Ethics, policy and practice; Safeguarding older people from abuse: ethical futures.
