The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 3 Issue 2

Editorial

Bridget Penhale, Hilary Brown

Managing aggression and violence in care settings: a review of the legal and ethical content of staff training courses

Bernard Beech

Staff must have an appreciation of legal and ethical issues associated with the people they care for, particularly when physical restraint to manage aggression or violence is…

Physical interventions — from policy to practice

John Harris

This paper considers good practice in the use of physical interventions. It describes work undertaken to establish a consensus around policy principles in relation the use of…

Physical abuse and physical interventions in learning disabilities: an element of risk?

Peter Baker, David Allen

People with learning disabilities who present challenging behaviour are particularly vulnerable to physical abuse. It is argued that training in physical intervention could well…

Institutional care for older people — the dark side

Olaug Juklestad

This paper looks at abuse of older people in institutions in Norway, using information and insights drawn from the author's own practice, newspaper articles and investigations…

Restraint: cause for continuing concern?

Les Bright

This paper by the deputy chief executive of Counsel and Care describes the work this important voluntary organisation has undertaken to examine physical intervention issues…

Control and restraint

Alan Parkin