Elder abuse, adult protection and social care: developments in New Labour policy

Abstract

The Green Paper's vision for the future of adult social care confirms New Labour's subsumption of the specific social problem of ‘elder abuse’ under a generic adult protection strategy, explicitly located within an overarching policy and legislative framework of social care generally.

Citation

Slater, P. (2005), "Elder abuse, adult protection and social care: developments in New Labour policy", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200500016