Beverley Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6181395 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverley Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverley |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The abuse of older people
This paper summarises the findings of a research study involving a group of care managers in a northern town, where multi-disciplinary guidelines, based on the care management framework, have been introduced for staff to follow when the abuse of older people is suspected or confirmed. The paper explores how care managers are addressing issues of identification, assessment and intervention in cases of suspected or confirmed abuse of older people; …
The policing of child sexual abuse in England and Wales
During the 1980s sexual abuse was defined as a serious problem with public concern being amplified by both extensive media coverage and a series of high profile public enquiries into bungled child abuse investigations involving the police, social services and other agencies. Police Forces responded by setting up specialist Child Abuse Units dedicated to child protection through multi‐agency working. To date these specialist teams have focused the…
Physical Care and Quality of Life in Residential Homes
This article proposes that the quality of physical care is an important determinant of quality of life for dependent people. It begins by reporting the findings of a qualitative analysis of physical care in six local authority homes and suggests a framework for understanding the ways in which physical care practices evolved. The paper concludes by illustrating how the same framework can be used as a basis for improving the quality of physical car…
Residential Care of Elderly People
The characteristic features of institutional life can be found in all types of long-term hospitals and homes for old people. They occur in all countries despite radical differences in the structure of health and social care provision. This paper draws upon data from a study of British residential homes to present an account of institutional life from the consumers' perspective. Residents' views are drawn from open-ended interviews with 60 residen…
Residential Care of Elderly People
The characteristic features of institutional life can be found in all types of long-term hospitals and homes for old people. They occur in all countries despite radical differences in the structure of health and social care provision. This paper draws upon data from a study of British residential homes to present an account of institutional life from the consumers' perspective. Residents' views are drawn from open-ended interviews with 60 residen…
Physical Care and Quality of Life in Residential Homes
This article proposes that the quality of physical care is an important determinant of quality of life for dependent people. It begins by reporting the findings of a qualitative analysis of physical care in six local authority homes and suggests a framework for understanding the ways in which physical care practices evolved. The paper concludes by illustrating how the same framework can be used as a basis for improving the quality of physical car…
Physical Care and Quality of Life in Residential Homes
This article proposes that the quality of physical care is an important determinant of quality of life for dependent people. It begins by reporting the findings of a qualitative analysis of physical care in six local authority homes and suggests a framework for understanding the ways in which physical care practices evolved. The paper concludes by illustrating how the same framework can be used as a basis for improving the quality of physical car…
Residential Care of Elderly People
The characteristic features of institutional life can be found in all types of long-term hospitals and homes for old people. They occur in all countries despite radical differences in the structure of health and social care provision. This paper draws upon data from a study of British residential homes to present an account of institutional life from the consumers' perspective. Residents' views are drawn from open-ended interviews with 60 residen…
The abuse of older people
This paper summarises the findings of a research study involving a group of care managers in a northern town, where multi-disciplinary guidelines, based on the care management framework, have been introduced for staff to follow when the abuse of older people is suspected or confirmed. The paper explores how care managers are addressing issues of identification, assessment and intervention in cases of suspected or confirmed abuse of older people; …
The policing of child sexual abuse in England and Wales
During the 1980s sexual abuse was defined as a serious problem with public concern being amplified by both extensive media coverage and a series of high profile public enquiries into bungled child abuse investigations involving the police, social services and other agencies. Police Forces responded by setting up specialist Child Abuse Units dedicated to child protection through multi‐agency working. To date these specialist teams have focused the…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Quality of life (healthcare) (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work)