Abuse of Care in Residential Institutions

Name: Abuse of Care in Residential Institutions
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ISBN: 9781871177930

ISBN-10: 1871177936

ISBN-13: 9781871177930

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Authors: Roger Clough

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List price: $65.00
Publisher: Whiting & Birch, Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 275
Language: English

Roger Clough is Emiritus Professor of Social Care at Lancaster University, having moved there in January 1994 from the post of Chief Inspector of Social Services with Cumbria Social Services. He started work as a teacher/housemaster in senior boys' approved schools. From there he moved to residential work and social work teaching.

Foreword
The Abuse of Residents	p. 3
The Abuse of Care: The Person and the Place	p. 10
Abuse in Residential Care: Reflections from the Mid-Atlantic	p. 27
The Mistreatment of Elderly People in Residential Institutions	p. 35
The Abuse of Care: The Relationship between the Person and the Place	p. 50
Abuse of Younger and Older People: Similarities and Differences	p. 69
What's Special about Being Old?	p. 89
The Organisational Underpinnings of Abuse: Implications for Abuse of Individuals	p. 94
Do Social Services Departments Contribute to the Abuse of Older People?	p. 106
Setting and Maintaining Standards	p. 114
Blowing the Whistle on Elder Abuse	p. 127
Uncovering Abuse	p. 140
Managing Enquiries	p. 153
Bad Apple or Sick Building? Management Responses to Institutional Abuse	p. 158
Training Residential Staff to Be Aware of Sexual Abuse in Old Age	p. 166
Issues for Further Reflection	p. 172
Bibliography	p. 179
Notes on Contributors	p. 192
Index	p. 196
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