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Objection, purpose and normality: three ways in which the courts have inhibited safeguarding

Hewitt, David - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 14 (2012) 6, pp. 280-286

Purpose – This paper's aim is to consider three ways in which, recently, the English courts have sought to define deprivation of liberty (and, maybe, limit the effect of safeguards against it). Design/methodology/approach – Two significant decisions of the Court of Appeal were considered,...

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Boats against the current: vulnerable adults in police custody

Cummins, Ian - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 9 (2007) 1, pp. 15-24

One effect of the policy of deinstitutionalisation has been to increase police contact with people, who are experiencing the effects of acute mental illness. Policy documents such as Home Office circular 66/90 recognise that adults with mental health problems are especially vulnerable within the...

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Invisible and Ill: three case reports of homelessness in older adults

Benbow, Susan; Cohen, Paul - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 8 (2006) 3, pp. 12-15

We describe three homeless older people who presented to an old age psychiatry service. Homeless older adults are likely to have untreated mental and physical health problems and to be invisible to services. To detect and treat them, services need to be flexible.

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Safeguarding adults reviews and homelessness: making the connections

Martineau, Stephen; Manthorpe, Jill - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 22 (2020) 4, pp. 181-197

Purpose This paper presents the results of a thematic analysis of safeguarding adults reviews (SARs) where homelessness … needs and self-neglect among people with experience of homelessness and evidenced difficulties in engagement between … professionals and people with experience of homelessness. Research limitations/implications The authors may have failed to find some …

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A place to call our own: perspectives on the geographical and social marginalisation of homeless people

Hughes, Caroline; Madoc-Jones, Iolo; Parry, Odette; … - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 19 (2017) 3, pp. 105-116

Purpose Notwithstanding heightened awareness of the issues faced by homeless people, the notion that homelessness is … people who had accessed a range of homelessness services in the study area. Findings It is argued that largely deprived of … that rather than simply being associated with rooflessness, homelessness is as a function of ongoing geographical …

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