Safeguarding older people from abuse : critical contexts to policy and practice /
Angie Ash.
- ix, 190 pages
Contexts to safeguarding older people from abuse -- The need for theory, critical thinking and practice -- The abuse of older people -- Adult protection, safeguarding and personalisation -- Public policy implementation in street-level bureaucracies -- A case study of street-level policy implementation to protect older people from abuse -- Discretion and dissonance in adult protection work -- Cultures and contexts of complicity -- Ethics, policy and practice -- Safeguarding older people from abuse : ethical futures.