The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 15 Issue 6

Evidence-based practice in relation to safeguarding adults

Subjects:

Table of contents - Special Issue: Elder Abuse Initiatives in Ireland

Conceptualising elder abuse across local and global contexts: implications for policy and professional practice on the island of Ireland

Janet Anand, Emer Begley, Marita O’Brien, Brian Taylor, Campbell Killick

Social policy and professional practice across the island of Ireland is dominated by the WHO definition of elder abuse and national and professional interpretations of what…

The support experiences of older people who have been abused in Ireland

Attracta Lafferty, Margaret Pearl Treacy, Gerard Fealy

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the support experiences of older people who have been abused in Ireland.

Older women and sexual violence: recognising and supporting survivors

Stacey Scriver, Elaine Mears, Ingrid Wallace

– The purpose of this paper is to examine demographic details, disclosure and reporting behaviour of older women Rape Crisis Centre (RCC) service users in Ireland.

Ms P: a case study in elder financial abuse (Ireland)

Jennifer Allen-Devlin, Aideen Freyne

– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the case study of an older woman who was subject to elder financial abuse by a home help in the Republic of Ireland.

Cover of The Journal of Adult Protection

ISSN:

1466-8203

e-ISSN:

2042-8669

ISSN-L:

1466-8203

Online date, start – end:

1999

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Bridget Penhale
  • Dr Margaret Flynn