The Department for Health and Social Care said it treated allegations of abuse with the "utmost seriousness", but could not comment any further because of the police investigation. Not the first ...
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pressure to manage a complex health and care system alongside housing and benefits issues. Victims of domestic violence and abuse are particularly vulnerable to homelessness and poverty. It is often the case that the abuser was the primary or sole earner in the household, in some cases
Elder abuse and neglect: an overlooked patient safety issue. A focus
The definition and understanding of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes can vary in different jurisdictions as well as among health care staff, researchers, family members and residents themselves. Different understandings of what constitutes abuse and its severity make it difficult to compare findings in the literature on elder abuse in nursing homes and complicate identification ...
Experiences of stigma, discrimination and violence and their ...
Workers in health care services (e.g., physicians, nurses, paramedics, nonmedical personnel) or social services were eligible for enrollment in the study without age limitations. We reached this ...
Case Studies
Hourglass Scotland intervened and provided comprehensive case work support to assist Donald in challenging the isolation of his father. Through our experience of both the social care and legal systems in Scotland, we provided Donald with practical assistance, and also provided much-needed emotional support. As a result, an application was made ...
Silence, shame and abuse in health care: theoretical development on
The occurrence of abuse in health care is a complex phenomenon and the research area is in need of theoretical understanding. We hope this paper can inspire others to further develop theories and interventions in order to counteract abuse in health care. ... Current address: Department of Thematic Studies - Technology and Social Change, Faculty ...
Managing risk: social workers' intervention strategies in cases of
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced guidance for gaining access to an adult suspected to be at risk of neglect or abuse (Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Citation 2018); social workers can use this tool in cases where they suspect a person with learning disabilities is being coercively controlled.
Improving the healthcare response to domestic violence and abuse in
Domestic violence and abuse remains a major health concern. It is unknown whether the improved healthcare response to domestic violence and abuse demonstrated in a cluster randomised controlled trial of IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety), a complex intervention, including general practice based training, support and referral programme, can be achieved outside a trial setting.
Healthcare experiences of perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse
Objectives Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is highly prevalent, with severe adverse consequences to the health and well-being of survivors. There is a smaller evidence base on the health of DVA perpetrators and their engagement with healthcare services. This review examines the experiences of perpetrators of DVA of accessing healthcare services and the barriers and facilitators to their ...
Knowledge, Detection, and Reporting of Abuse by Health and Social Care
We included 32 of 652 articles found in our original search (more details of search strategy available from authors). Thirty were cross-sectional surveys, in 21 of which the outcome variable was health professionals' responses to survey questions about abuse (Table 1).Three of these involved mental health and social care professionals, 8, 9, 10 whereas the others interviewed professionals from ...
Protecting care home residents from mistreatment and abuse: on the need
Care homes represent a communal environment where health and social care staff meet the cognitive and physical needs of residents on a 24-hour basis. The terminology to describe care homes is diverse, such as group homes, nursing homes, residential care facilities, and long-term care for older people.
Service users' experiences of social and ...
Carr et al. examined mental health service user experiences of targeted violence and abuse in the context of the Care Act 2014 adult safeguarding reforms, and found that social care provision (e.g. supported housing) can be a location for abuse; community mental health staff can perpetrate harm, and trauma-informed adult safeguarding may reduce ...
Emotional abuse and neglect in a clinical setting: challenges for
A children's social care referral for protection should be made when it is the clinician's judgement (having discussed it with their team or supervisor) that the threshold for emotional abuse has been reached and all therapeutic efforts have reached an impasse. There is a stage where therapeutic efforts are ongoing when the clinician may be ...
Case study 5: Betty
This case study considers issues around working with older people experiencing domestic abuse, dementia and longstanding abuse, and carers as perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse. ... 'A review of the impact of domestic abuse for older women in Health and Social Care in the Community in 2011 highlighted that the issue is significant but ...
The positive and negative effects of working with child sexual abuse
Studies were excluded if they focused on the effect for health and social care professionals who worked only with adult survivors of CSA or maltreated children who had not experienced CSA. Papers published in grey literature, editorials, letters to editors, books and documentaries were also excluded (Data S1 ).
Recognition of risk and prevention in safeguarding of children and
The term 'safeguarding' covers the protection of health, wellbeing and human rights. Effective safeguarding enables people (particularly children, young adults and other vulnerable people) to live free from fear of abuse, harm or neglect. The UK Children Act 2004 required key agencies, including health and social care providers, to consider the need to safeguard children and promote their ...
Barriers and Facilitators of Disclosing Domestic Violence to ...
Previous studies however have shown that despite these guidelines, doctors and nurses rarely ask about intimate partner violence and often fail to identify the signs of domestic abuse (Correa et al. 2020; McGarry and Nairn 2015).Health care professionals' hesitancy to ask about domestic abuse (Sundborg et al. 2017) has resulted in them providing inadequate care (Bradbury-Jones and Broadhurst ...
(PDF) Serious Case Reviews in Adult Safeguarding in England: An
Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) in respect of vulnerable adults, inquiries conducted by English adult protection or safeguarding boards at local level when harm or death has occurred, have been little ...
Mental Health Crisis Support Rooted in Community and Human Rights
One Canadian initiative, Gerstein Crisis Centre, stood out as a case study for mental health crisis support rooted in community and human rights. For more than 30 years, this community-based ...
Health-related experiences of family court and domestic abuse in
Diagnosing and treating women for psychiatric symptoms often prevents health and social care professionals from recognizing abuse, which diminishes victim's experiences and perpetuates victim-blaming. Consequently, increasing DA knowledge and expertise among professionals is urgently required (Thiara & Harrison, Citation 2016).
Resources and case studies
Councillors. Additional safeguarding resources to help Councillors develop their understanding. The Welsh Government has also produced a series of guidance documents for professionals working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children. Resources to support learning and understanding of safeguarding for people working in social care at all levels.
Serious Case Review
The circumstances of Alice's care were escalated to the Northamptonshire Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Board, who decided that a serious case review should be undertaken. This decision was taken to better understand the reasons behind a failure to meet Alice's care and clinical needs and to learn lessons to improve services going forward.
Types and indicators of abuse
The Care and support statutory guidance identifies ten types of abuse, these are: Physical abuse. Domestic violence or abuse. Sexual abuse. Psychological or emotional abuse. Financial or material abuse. Modern slavery. Discriminatory abuse. Organisational or institutional abuse.
Sexual incidents in adults social care: evidence review briefing
This briefing summarises the Sexual Incidents in Adults Social Care Evidence review commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The evidence review aims to identify the scale and nature of sexual abuse in adult social care settings. The review consists of: analysis of relevant National Safeguarding Adults Reviews.
Why nursing home residents may not be reporting abuse, neglect: report
While the quality of care issues are well-known in U.S. nursing homes, residents' fears could be a factor leading to underreporting and underestimating neglect or abuse, said aging and long-term ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Background: The internet community has become a significant source for researchers to conduct qualitative studies analyzing users' views, attitudes, and experiences about public health. However, few studies have assessed the ethical issues in qualitative research using social media data. Objective: This study aims to review the reportage of ethical considerations in qualitative research ...
About Down Syndrome
What it is. Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. Chromosomes are small "packages" of genes in the body's cells, which determine how the body forms and functions. When babies are growing, the extra chromosome changes how their body and brain develop. This can cause both physical and mental challenges ...
Healthcare and social care professionals' experiences of respite care
Previous research from the perspective of healthcare and social care professionals is notably sparse but in the existing few studies professionals contended that it is challenging for informal caregivers to access respite care and argued that the service should be less bureaucratic and more easily accessible for families in need of support (O ...
Kratom: Unsafe and ineffective
Kratom is also sold as a treatment for panic attacks. Kratom is believed to act on opioid receptors. At low doses, kratom acts as a stimulant, making users feel more energetic. At higher doses, it reduces pain and may bring on euphoria. At very high doses, it acts as a sedative, making users quiet and perhaps sleepy.
The Deloitte Global 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey
Download the 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Report. 5 MB PDF. To learn more about the mental health findings, read the Mental Health Deep Dive. The 13th edition of Deloitte's Gen Z and Millennial Survey connected with nearly 23,000 respondents across 44 countries to track their experiences and expectations at work and in the world more broadly.
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The Department for Health and Social Care said it treated allegations of abuse with the "utmost seriousness", but could not comment any further because of the police investigation. Not the first ...
pressure to manage a complex health and care system alongside housing and benefits issues. Victims of domestic violence and abuse are particularly vulnerable to homelessness and poverty. It is often the case that the abuser was the primary or sole earner in the household, in some cases
The definition and understanding of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes can vary in different jurisdictions as well as among health care staff, researchers, family members and residents themselves. Different understandings of what constitutes abuse and its severity make it difficult to compare findings in the literature on elder abuse in nursing homes and complicate identification ...
Workers in health care services (e.g., physicians, nurses, paramedics, nonmedical personnel) or social services were eligible for enrollment in the study without age limitations. We reached this ...
Hourglass Scotland intervened and provided comprehensive case work support to assist Donald in challenging the isolation of his father. Through our experience of both the social care and legal systems in Scotland, we provided Donald with practical assistance, and also provided much-needed emotional support. As a result, an application was made ...
The occurrence of abuse in health care is a complex phenomenon and the research area is in need of theoretical understanding. We hope this paper can inspire others to further develop theories and interventions in order to counteract abuse in health care. ... Current address: Department of Thematic Studies - Technology and Social Change, Faculty ...
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced guidance for gaining access to an adult suspected to be at risk of neglect or abuse (Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Citation 2018); social workers can use this tool in cases where they suspect a person with learning disabilities is being coercively controlled.
Domestic violence and abuse remains a major health concern. It is unknown whether the improved healthcare response to domestic violence and abuse demonstrated in a cluster randomised controlled trial of IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety), a complex intervention, including general practice based training, support and referral programme, can be achieved outside a trial setting.
Objectives Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is highly prevalent, with severe adverse consequences to the health and well-being of survivors. There is a smaller evidence base on the health of DVA perpetrators and their engagement with healthcare services. This review examines the experiences of perpetrators of DVA of accessing healthcare services and the barriers and facilitators to their ...
We included 32 of 652 articles found in our original search (more details of search strategy available from authors). Thirty were cross-sectional surveys, in 21 of which the outcome variable was health professionals' responses to survey questions about abuse (Table 1).Three of these involved mental health and social care professionals, 8, 9, 10 whereas the others interviewed professionals from ...
Care homes represent a communal environment where health and social care staff meet the cognitive and physical needs of residents on a 24-hour basis. The terminology to describe care homes is diverse, such as group homes, nursing homes, residential care facilities, and long-term care for older people.
Carr et al. examined mental health service user experiences of targeted violence and abuse in the context of the Care Act 2014 adult safeguarding reforms, and found that social care provision (e.g. supported housing) can be a location for abuse; community mental health staff can perpetrate harm, and trauma-informed adult safeguarding may reduce ...
A children's social care referral for protection should be made when it is the clinician's judgement (having discussed it with their team or supervisor) that the threshold for emotional abuse has been reached and all therapeutic efforts have reached an impasse. There is a stage where therapeutic efforts are ongoing when the clinician may be ...
This case study considers issues around working with older people experiencing domestic abuse, dementia and longstanding abuse, and carers as perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse. ... 'A review of the impact of domestic abuse for older women in Health and Social Care in the Community in 2011 highlighted that the issue is significant but ...
Studies were excluded if they focused on the effect for health and social care professionals who worked only with adult survivors of CSA or maltreated children who had not experienced CSA. Papers published in grey literature, editorials, letters to editors, books and documentaries were also excluded (Data S1 ).
The term 'safeguarding' covers the protection of health, wellbeing and human rights. Effective safeguarding enables people (particularly children, young adults and other vulnerable people) to live free from fear of abuse, harm or neglect. The UK Children Act 2004 required key agencies, including health and social care providers, to consider the need to safeguard children and promote their ...
Previous studies however have shown that despite these guidelines, doctors and nurses rarely ask about intimate partner violence and often fail to identify the signs of domestic abuse (Correa et al. 2020; McGarry and Nairn 2015).Health care professionals' hesitancy to ask about domestic abuse (Sundborg et al. 2017) has resulted in them providing inadequate care (Bradbury-Jones and Broadhurst ...
Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) in respect of vulnerable adults, inquiries conducted by English adult protection or safeguarding boards at local level when harm or death has occurred, have been little ...
One Canadian initiative, Gerstein Crisis Centre, stood out as a case study for mental health crisis support rooted in community and human rights. For more than 30 years, this community-based ...
Diagnosing and treating women for psychiatric symptoms often prevents health and social care professionals from recognizing abuse, which diminishes victim's experiences and perpetuates victim-blaming. Consequently, increasing DA knowledge and expertise among professionals is urgently required (Thiara & Harrison, Citation 2016).
Councillors. Additional safeguarding resources to help Councillors develop their understanding. The Welsh Government has also produced a series of guidance documents for professionals working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children. Resources to support learning and understanding of safeguarding for people working in social care at all levels.
The circumstances of Alice's care were escalated to the Northamptonshire Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Board, who decided that a serious case review should be undertaken. This decision was taken to better understand the reasons behind a failure to meet Alice's care and clinical needs and to learn lessons to improve services going forward.
The Care and support statutory guidance identifies ten types of abuse, these are: Physical abuse. Domestic violence or abuse. Sexual abuse. Psychological or emotional abuse. Financial or material abuse. Modern slavery. Discriminatory abuse. Organisational or institutional abuse.
This briefing summarises the Sexual Incidents in Adults Social Care Evidence review commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The evidence review aims to identify the scale and nature of sexual abuse in adult social care settings. The review consists of: analysis of relevant National Safeguarding Adults Reviews.
While the quality of care issues are well-known in U.S. nursing homes, residents' fears could be a factor leading to underreporting and underestimating neglect or abuse, said aging and long-term ...
Background: The internet community has become a significant source for researchers to conduct qualitative studies analyzing users' views, attitudes, and experiences about public health. However, few studies have assessed the ethical issues in qualitative research using social media data. Objective: This study aims to review the reportage of ethical considerations in qualitative research ...
What it is. Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. Chromosomes are small "packages" of genes in the body's cells, which determine how the body forms and functions. When babies are growing, the extra chromosome changes how their body and brain develop. This can cause both physical and mental challenges ...
Previous research from the perspective of healthcare and social care professionals is notably sparse but in the existing few studies professionals contended that it is challenging for informal caregivers to access respite care and argued that the service should be less bureaucratic and more easily accessible for families in need of support (O ...
Kratom is also sold as a treatment for panic attacks. Kratom is believed to act on opioid receptors. At low doses, kratom acts as a stimulant, making users feel more energetic. At higher doses, it reduces pain and may bring on euphoria. At very high doses, it acts as a sedative, making users quiet and perhaps sleepy.
Download the 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Report. 5 MB PDF. To learn more about the mental health findings, read the Mental Health Deep Dive. The 13th edition of Deloitte's Gen Z and Millennial Survey connected with nearly 23,000 respondents across 44 countries to track their experiences and expectations at work and in the world more broadly.