Angie Ash

The abuse of older people in health and social care facilities is increasingly recognized as a serious problem, but most scandals about or inquiries into the abuse of elders fails to address - much less challenge - the social, economic and cultural contexts in which such abuse is allowed to take place. 'Safeguarding Older People from Abuse' provides this much-needed challenge, taking a critical life-course perspective to illustrate the ways in which...