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Combating elder abuse — the role of guardians for older people in residential care
Author(s)	Brian E Cox
Journal title	The Journal of Adult Protection, vol 10, no 2, May 2008
Pages	pp 33-38
Source	Website: http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Elder abuse ; Care homes ; Court of protection.
Annotation	The preparation of this paper was prompted by publicity and research evidence of neglect or abuse of older people in residential care. It sets out to present a new way of combating neglect/abuse of individual residents, drawing also on preliminary findings from a long-term research project on guardianship. This project, provisionally entitled "Guardianship Relations: models for ground rules", looks at the situations of all vulnerable people irrespective of settings, whereas this paper concentrates on the need for guardians for older people living in care homes. This article is followed by two responses. In the first, Andrew Dunning draws attention to the role of independent advocacy schemes already operating in parts of England. The second, by Leo Quigley, questions whether a "systems approach" or an individual approach which empowers residents as "consumers of care" is the central issue at stake. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080707206 A
Classmark	QNT: KW: JVC
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