Safeguarding older people from abuse : critical contexts to policy and practice
(Print Material)

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ageism, lack of resources, target-driven policy and organizational cultures of blame and scapegoating invisibly facilitate elder abuse.