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Judgements of social care professionals on elder abuse referrals
— a factorial survey | | Author(s) | Campbell Killick, Brian J Taylor |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 42, no 5, July 2012 |
| Pages | pp 814-832 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Referrals ; Paid welfare workers ; Social workers ; Evaluation ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | Definitions and concepts about the basic concepts of abuse remain ambiguous where vulnerable adults are concerned, and policies are open to interpretation. This study sought to assist in the development of a more sophisticated understanding of vulnerability and abuse. Specifically, the study investigated factors in professional decision making in relation to identifying and reporting abuse of older people. A systematic review and a panel of expert practitioners were used to identify factors that might influence professional recognition and reporting of elder abuse. These factors were incorporated into a questionnaire that included randomised factorial survey vignettes and additional questions on decision making. Sets of unique vignettes were completed by 190 social workers, nurses and other professional care managers across Northern Ireland in 2008, giving 2,261 randomised vignettes used as the units of analysis. The findings showed that recognition and reporting of abuse were influenced by case factors specific to the abuse event (type and frequency of abuse), while contextual factors (age, gender, health conditions) did not significantly influence recognition or referring of abuse. While there was some consistency in recognition and referring in extreme cases, there was disparity in the more ambiguous vignettes. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120911001 A |
| Classmark | QNT: L5R: QP: QR: 4C: DP |
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