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| Developing an adult safeguarding outcome measure in England | | Author(s) | Caroline Norrie, Cher Cartwright, Pritpal Rayat |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 17, no 5, 2015 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 275-286 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/jap/htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; Evaluation ; Measurement ; Local Authority Agencies ; England. |
| Annotation | There are currently no national adult safeguarding outcome measures that focus on people who have been through an adult safeguarding investigation in England. There is a need for local authorities (LAs) and their partners to be able to measure whether the services provided to adults at risk of abuse and neglect are effective. This paper describes the cognitive testing phase of a study to develop and implement a standardised adult at risk outcome measure in adult safeguarding for use by LAs in England. An outcome measure (a set of seven survey questions administered in a face to face interview) was cognitively tested in three LAs with adults at risk and/or their carers for whom an investigation of abuse had been concluded with the aim of assessing whether it was commonly understood. A set of guidance notes was designed and LA staff who assisted with the survey were interviewed about its usability and the feasibility of administering the survey. Findings showed that the survey questions required modifications to improve their reliability, validity and comparability. LA staff also suggested that improvements were needed in the guidance document and survey. LA managers, adults at risk and their carers were all willing to be involved in the survey and it was considered feasible to proceed with piloting the measure. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151013202 A |
| Classmark | QNT: CA3G: 4C: 3R: PD: 82 |
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