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Speaking up to safeguard
— lessons and findings from the Benchmarking Advocacy and Abuse Project, 2008-09 | | Author(s) | Andrew Dunning |
| Corporate Author | Older People's Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) UK |
| Publisher | Older People's Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) UK, Stoke-on-Trent, May 2009 |
| Pages | 49 pp |
| Source | Download from: http://www.opaal.org.uk Older People's Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) UK, Beth Johnson Foundation, Parkfield House, 64 Princes Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7JL. E-mail: kathryn.parson@btinternet.com |
| Keywords | Advocacy ; Elder abuse ; Evaluation ; Projects. |
| Annotation | The Older People's Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) describes advocacy as "a one to one relationship between a trained, independent advocate and an older person who needs support in order to secure or exercise their rights, choices and interests". Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) defines abuse as "a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person". The Benchmarking Advocacy and Abuse Project has adopted these definitions for its work. This report outlines the prevalence of abuse as a social problem; and the need for independent advocacy as a means of empowerment, prevention and protection. It discusses the benchmarking approach, and describes some participating benchmarking advocacy schemes and the methods used. (The website www.benchmarking.gov.uk is suggested for examples of use of benchmarking by public service organisations). Project findings are discussed in terms of: the demographics of advocacy partners (service users); examples of the use of advocacy scheme casework in dealing with financial abuse,psychological abuse, neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse; and the goals of advocacy intervention. Recommendations are made for further projects that "advocate for advocacy" and safeguarding older people in the post 'No secrets' personalised services era. Also available is a 4-page executive summary outlining the Project's main findings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090518002 B |
| Classmark | IQ: QNT: 4C: 3E |
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