Health - Second Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 March 2004.

Contents

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Report

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Defining elder abuse

3 The prevalence of elder abuse

4 The settings of elder abuse

Who abuses and why?

Domiciliary care

Care homes

NHS care

Rowan ward, Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust

North Lakeland NHS Trust

5 Physical abuse

Medication

Restraint

Violence

6 Financial abuse

7 Tackling elder abuse

Training and good practice

Dealing with complaints

Case review

Changing the culture

8 The contribution of regulation

Protection registers and registration

Registration with the General Social Care Council

Fitness to work checks: the Criminal Records Bureau and the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list

Direct Payments

The National Care Standards Commission

The Commission for Health Audit and Inspection and Commission for Social Care Inspection re-organisation

9 Certification of death in care homes and in the domiciliary environment

Care homes

The hospital and domiciliary environment

10 Recommendations and conclusions

List of abbreviations used in the report

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted written evidence

Reports from the Health Committee since 2001

Volume II, Oral and written evidence, HC111-II  

Thursday 11 December 2003
Thursday 22 January 2004

WRITTEN EVIDENCE

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Prepared 20 April 2004