that reveal underreporting and active concealment of abuse in private sector care homes. Design/methodology/approach Semi … significant number of respondents reported awareness of acts of abuse that had not been reported within the care home or … externally to the authorities. Some respondents were aware that where occurrences of abuse had been reported, no subsequent …

research project designed to determine the extent, nature and causes of abuse in contemporary independent sector care homes for … to newly appointed care staff in five participating care homes to determine the nature of any abuse they may have … instances of predominantly psychological and physical abuse and neglect and revealed hitherto undisclosed abusive practices …

recommend ways of operationalising key concepts for a prospective survey of abuse, neglect and loss of dignity in the care of …

study reports on views from 19 managers and 19 residents about their understanding of abuse, their perceptions of the … different forms of abuse and the possible action to deal with offending care staff. Although there was some consensus about the … seriousness of certain types of abuse and how managers would investigate the allegation, the findings indicate that mandatory …

qualifications held by those staff who had perpetrated abuse in private sector care and nursing homes for older people during a 12 … were proven to have perpetrated abuse in these facilities. Findings Though findings with respect to qualified nurses who … had perpetrated abuse when considered in isolation were inconclusive in numerical terms, the proportion of all nursing and …

and her exposure to poor care and/or abuse. The article highlights a number of the key features of the care of nursing … home residents that need to addressed if standards are to improve and abuse become a rarity. The very dependent and frail … to address abuse in care homes are also important elements of reducing risk.  …

recent exposé of abuse in social care in England and data from an interview-based study of care workers. The interviews were … prosecutions for abuse. Trainers and educationalists may wish to clarify the importance given by care providers to raising concerns …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the prevention of the abuse of older people in residential and … identifying services in which older people are at risk of abuse, neglect and ill treatment. Design/methodology/approach – Semi … visited services in which abuse or neglect had occurred. Practitioners were asked about the things that they had seen within …