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| Spontaneous concerns about risk and abuse reported by people with dementia and their carers | | Author(s) | Susan M Benbow, Paul Kingston |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 19, no 2, 2017 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 92-99 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/jap |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; At risk ; Elder abuse ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; Driving capability ; Financial services [older people]. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this paper was to look at concerns about risk and/or abuse expressed spontaneously by people with dementia (PwD) and their carers in narratives describing their journeys with the condition. A total of 35 narratives were elicited from PwD, carers of PwD and couples where one partner was living with dementia as part of a wider study. Participants were found to allude to risk/abuse, or specifically mention thoughts on risk and abuse in their narratives. A secondary analysis of the theme of risk/abuse was also reported. Concerns about risk/exploitation were often expressed in the narratives, and covered a range of areas including driving, safety in the home, safety outdoors, falls, finances, risk to PwD from others, risk to others from PwD, potential or actual police incidents and neglect. In relation to dementia a wide range of risk/abuse issues were found to be of concern to PwD and their carers, especially driving and financial vulnerabilities. PwD and carers were prepared to talk about risk/abuse when given an opportunity. It is important to investigate and understand experiences and concerns about risk/abuse if they are to be addressed in health and social care practice. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170421219 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: CA3: QNT: CA3G: OPF: J |
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