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Food and drink – the basic requirements of life
Dennis, Monica; Allen, Judith - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 13 (2011) 3, pp. 167-173
Purpose – This paper seeks to describe the experiences of people visiting elderly relatives in hospital, detailing the lack of care and negligent attitudes of nursing staff with regards to providing appropriate food and drink to the elderly patients. Design/methodology/approach – This paper...
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Defining the “perpetrator”: abuse, neglect and dignity in care
Dixon, Josie; Biggs, Simon; Stevens, Martin; Manthorpe, Jill - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 15 (2013) 1, pp. 5-14
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set out and discuss findings from a developmental study, commissioned by the English Department of Health and the charity, Comic Relief, which was commissioned to clarify definitional issues and recommend ways of operationalising key concepts for a...
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Care and corporate neglect: the case for action
Burstow, Paul - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 15 (2013) 4, pp. 203-214
Purpose – This paper intends to explore how corporate bodies could be held criminally responsible for abuse and neglect that takes place in hospitals and care homes if by their actions they facilitate this abuse or neglect to take place. It explores current domestic and international law and...
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Recognising and responding to financial abuse in residential aged care
Tilse, Cheryl; Wilson, Jill - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 15 (2013) 3, pp. 141-152
Purpose – Responding to suspected financial abuse in residential aged care provides particular challenges to care managers. This paper aims to explore responses to financial abuse by care managers and the knowledge, policies and principles that guide practice in this context....
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A review on elder care and mistreatment in Macao
C.K. Tam, Derrick; W.Y. Yu, Eilo; M.S. Wu, Anise - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 16 (2014) 5, pp. 294-306
Purpose – Elder mistreatment is a neglected issue in the Macao elder policy. The purpose of this paper is to review the current elder policy as well as legislation on the prevention and management of elder mistreatment in Macao and providing practical suggestions to improve the situation....
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Challenges of multi‐actor involvement in the public sector front‐end innovation processes
Hennala, Lea; Parjanen, Satu; Uotila, Tuomo - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 14 (2011) 3, pp. 364-387
development of service production in the public sector. The case is related to the provision of housing and well‐being services to …
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Improving quality of life in a region
Riecken, Glen; Yavas, Ugur - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 7, pp. 556-568
Proposes to determine the relative importance of factors on which people rely in choosing a place to live and their assessments of a local area in the Southeastern USA. Presents recommendations to aid local authorities in improving quality of life in the region. Concludes that this should be...
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Decisión de localización del hogar en España : modelo de clases latentes vs. modelo mixto
Hernández Alemán, Anastasia - In: Estudios de economía aplicada : revista promovida por … 37 (2019) 3, pp. 237-252
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The Housing Triangulation: A Discourse on Quality, Affordability and Lifestyles in India
Sengupta, Urmi - In: Open House International 36 (2011) 3, pp. 16-26
taking place in housing sector in India. The new changes suggest how housing affordability, quality and lifestyles reality is … and lifestyles are embedded in both discourse and practice in India. The housing ‘dream’ currently being packaged and fed … housing’, the unbridled ‘market-defining’ of housing quality and lifestyles must be checked.  …
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The Role of Housing Space in Determining Freedom and Flourishing in Older People
Gilroy, Rose - In: Social Indicators Research 74 (2005) 1, pp. 141-158
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