The future of adult safeguarding in Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID11228624
AuthorsJohn Chesterman (0000-0001-6827-0275, Office of the Public Advocate (Victoria) Carlton Vic. Australia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume54
Issue4
Pages360-370
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajs4.86
OpenAlexW2983371791
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

Significant reforms to Australia's adult safeguarding laws and practices are in the process of occurring in the context of increasingly market‐oriented social care provision and rising human rights consciousness. Recent safeguarding developments have included federal regulatory reforms concerning disability and aged care service provision, together with significant reform activity stemming from a national inquiry into elder abuse. Despite this national activity, adult safeguarding continues largely to be an arena of state and territory responsibility. This article examines recent reform developments and asks how safeguarding laws and practices can be reformed to take account of increased federal involvement in social care regulation and the more market‐oriented ways in which social care is being provided. The article argues that while state and territory safeguarding laws and practices are unlikely to become uniform, 10 principles ought to guide continued adult safeguarding reform. These principles seek to balance respect for the autonomy of individuals with society's obligation to support those in need

Autonomy · CARE Act · Context (archaeology · Health care · Obligation · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Safeguarding · State (computer science · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration