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Abusive Interactions: Research in Locked Wards for people with Dementia.

Kelly, F., 2010. Abusive Interactions: Research in Locked Wards for people with Dementia. Social Policy and Society, 9 (2), 267 - 277 .

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DOI: 10.1017/S147474640999039X

Abstract

This paper reports on a study in which unique access to three locked psycho-geriatric wards of a hospital allowed ethnographic exploration into everyday social worlds of fourteen people with dementia. Findings indicate abusive practice in the wards and show that participants in receipt of such practice responded with self-defence and resistance, but ultimately were defeated. In a development of Sabat's (2001) Selfs 1–3 framework, I identify how abusive practice arose due to staffs' inability to recognise different aspects of patients' self. Recommendations for practice include integrating a developed Selfs 1–3 framework into staff training and evaluating its impact on practice

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1474-7464
Group:Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
ID Code:21695
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:11 Feb 2015 16:38
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 13:50

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