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| The role of social defences and organisational structures in facilitating the abuse and maltreatment of older people | | Author(s) | Diane Galpin |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 14, no 5, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 229-236 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Services ; Health services ; Attitude ; Social ethics. |
| Annotation | The current system of health and social care provision leaves many older people maltreated and without support. This paper aims to develop understanding of the context in which the abuse and maltreatment of older people might proliferate within the health and social care system in the United Kingdom. It uses research and inquiry findings to establish the inter-relationship between social defences, consumerism and poor organisational structures that create a culture in which the abuse and maltreatment of older people might flourish. The paper suggests the expansion of a consumerist approach to care, along with social defences and organisational structures, reinforces an attitude of indifference to older people across society, and provides the conditions in which the maltreatment of older people by professional carers can go unchallenged. This is a conceptual paper from which future research could develop to understand, from a societal perspective, the relationship between societal attitudes and responses to older people, their maltreatment and care provision in the UK. If safeguarding older people is "everyone's business", wider society will need to transform an attitude of indifference toward older people into one of dignity and respect. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-121116218 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: I: L: DP: TQ |
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