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Abuse in sheltered housing — prevention, safeguards and good practice
Author(s)	Imogen Parry
Journal title	Working with Older People, vol 10, issue 2, June 2006
Pages	pp 24-28
Keywords	Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Sheltered housing ; Rented dwellings ; Management [care] ; Standards of provision.
Annotation	Sheltered and retirement housing now accommodates frailer and more vulnerable people than originally intended. People move in later life and remain much longer than was the case 20 years ago. In this article, the author focuses on measures relevant to the abuse of vulnerable adults within sheltered (rented) and retirement (owner occupied) housing. These include the Department of Health (DH) "No secrets" document (2002), the Supporting People programme (introduced in 2003), the CHSC (formerly Centre for Sheltered Housing Studies), and a Sanctuary/Hanover policy document in 2000 on protection of vulnerable adults from abuse in sheltered housing. However, the issue of abuse of staff working in these sectors is not discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070413249 A
Classmark	QNT: QNR: KLA: KEE: QA: 583
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