The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 22 Issue 4

Safeguarding adults reviews and homelessness: making the connections

Stephen Martineau, Jill Manthorpe

This paper presents the results of a thematic analysis of safeguarding adults reviews (SARs) where homelessness was a factor to illuminate and improve safeguarding practice and…

Safeguarding adult reviews: informing and enriching policy and practice on self-neglect

Michael Preston-Shoot

The purpose of this paper is to update the core data set of self-neglect safeguarding adult reviews (SARs) and accompanying thematic analysis and explore the degree to which SARs…

Narratives of reform: the Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018)

Ian Cummins

This paper aims to examine reform of mental health legislation in England and Wales. It covers the period from the introduction of the 1983 MHA to the proposed reforms outlined in…

Practitioners’ experiences of the mental capacity act: a systematic review

Jade Scott, Stephen Weatherhead, Gavin Daker-White, Jill Manthorpe, Marsha Mawson

The Mental Capacity Act (MCA, 2005) provided a new legal framework for decision-making practice in England and Wales. This study aims to explore qualitative research on…

Managing stressors in a detention facility – a response

Pete Morgan