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Results for elder abuse and neglect (u.k.)
1 results foundAuthor: Mowlam, Alice Title: UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People: Qualitative Findings Summary: This qualitative study forms part of a wider programme of research involving a literature review, focus groups with service-providers and stakeholders, a national survey of over 2000 older people and a feasibility study for researching elder mistreatment in care homes. The study involved 36 follow-up interviews with older people who had responded to the survey and three interviews with older people accessed through specialist BME organisations. Twenty-two of these involved incidents where the perpetrator was a family member, paid carer or close friend. The remaining cases involved neighbours, acquaintances and, exceptionally, strangers. Three interviews were also carried out with family members who had supported the older person. This study explored a wide variety of different experiences of mistreatment. All five types of mistreatment addressed in the survey (neglect, physical, psychological, financial, sexual) were included. These categories are based upon descriptions of the behaviours of perpetrators. Other categories describing the experience rather than perpetrators’ behaviours were found to be better at grouping and distinguishing between cases, particularly where these experiences involved multiple types of abuse. For the cases covered in this study, these categories were: spousal mistreatment, abuse and conflict; family mistreatment, abuse and conflict; mistreatment and abuse experienced in the course of caring for the perpetrator; conflicts and disputes with neighbours and acquaintances; theft, financial exploitation and financial disputes; institutional neglect and service failure; and, sexual harassment and abuse. There was also a broad diversity of cases represented in the sample in terms of the nature, severity and duration of the mistreatment or abuse experienced as well as the contexts within which the incidents occurred. Details: London: National Centre for Social Research and King's College London, 2007. 100p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 13, 2012 at http://assets.comicrelief.com/cr09/docs/older_people_abuse_report.pdf Year: 2007 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://assets.comicrelief.com/cr09/docs/older_people_abuse_report.pdf Shelf Number: 110507 Keywords: Elder Abuse and Neglect (U.K.)Elderly Victims (U.K.) |