The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 25 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Sarah P. Lonbay, Kathryn Mackay, Lorna Montgomery

Human rights and older people: process and perspectives

Bridget Penhale

This paper aims to provide an overview and viewpoint on current international initiatives relating to the human rights of older people.

Adult safeguarding in Ireland: a critical review of context and gaps

Amanda Phelan

The purpose of this paper is to critically review the context of adult protection in Ireland with a focus on older people. The paper traces advances and current limitations in…

Participatory rights of older adults at risk in adult protection case conferences

Kate Fennell

The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (ASP Act) mandates public bodies to investigate situations of harm and to support and protect adults at risk. One of the…

Older women and domestic abuse: through a glass darkly

Alisoun Milne

This paper aims to offer a profile of domestic abuse of older women and its impact on their health and well-being; explore some of the conceptual tensions that exist in this…

Dangerous care: developing theory to safeguard older adults in caring relationships in the UK

Fiona Sherwood-Johnson, Kirstein Rummery, Julia Lawrence, Kathryn Mackay, Kathryn Ramsay, Rebecca McGregor

Most abuse affecting older adults in the UK, as across Europe, takes place within caring relationships, where one person is disabled and needs care/support. This paper critically…

Making the invisible, visible: older lesbian, gay and bisexual victim-survivors’ “lived experiences” of domestic abuse

Sarah Wydall, Rebecca Zerk, Elize Freeman

This paper aims to examine the use of coproduction to create a film “Do You See Me?”, to amplify the voices of a “hard to reach” group: older lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB…