Competing Values in Serving Older and Vulnerable Adults: Adult Protective Services, Mandated Reporting, and Domestic Violence Programs

Cramer, Elizabeth P.; Brady, Shane R.

doi:10.1080/08946566.2013.782781

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“…Three categories of DA have been postulated in older adults (Cramer and Brady 2013): DA grown old – DA starts at an early stage in a relationship and persists over time into later life; late onset DA in a new relationship – where the perpetrator is a new spouse or intimate partner; and late onset DA in an established relationship – DA develops anew, e.g. as a result of relationship stresses later in life or in association with mental illness.…”

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Older adults and violence: an analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England involving adults over 60 years of age

2018

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Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) are conducted when an individual aged 16 or over appears to have died from violence, abuse or neglect by a person to whom they are related or with whom they are in an intimate relationship or who is a member of the same household. DHRs aim to identify lessons to be learned, to improve service responses to domestic abuse and to contribute to prevention of domestic abuse/homicide. We submitted Freedom of Information requests to English Local Authorities to identify DHRs where victim, perpetrator or both were aged over 60. Collected Reports and/or Executive Summaries were thematically analysed. Analysis identified four key themes in the context of the key relationship and caring: major mental illness of the perpetrator; drug and/or alcohol abuse; financial issues; and a history of domestic abuse in key or family relationships. We analysed 14 adult family homicides, 16 intimate partner homicides and five homicide–suicides. Age per se did not emerge as a significant factor in our analysis. Terminology needs to be standardised, and training/education regarding risk assessment needs to be improved in relation to age, myths around ageing/dementia and stresses of caring. Management of mental illness is a key factor. A central repository of DHR Reports accessible for research and subject to regular review would contribute to maximising learning and improving practice.

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Older adults and violence: an analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England involving adults over 60 years of age

2018

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“…Recent responses to family violence have been groundbreaking (WHO, 2014) and create an opportunity to address older adult homicide. Better elaboration and clarification of how these two phenomena intersect (Cramer & Brady, 2013) is a crucial step to tailoring prevention efforts.…”

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Epidemiology of Homicide in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Kennedy

Bugeja

Olivier

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Background: Empirical research investigating older adult homicide is sparse and rarely accumulated for greater insights. This systematic review and meta-analysis quantifies the prevalence and characteristics of homicide victimization among older adults (65 years and older) compared with younger adults (18–64 years). Method: We searched Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science for studies published before December 31, 2018 (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews registration: CRD42017054536). Included were English-language, original, peer-reviewed studies describing the homicide of older adults. Excluded were studies not meeting age criteria, residence as an institution, or with insufficient outcome variables. The review included 39 studies; 17 were included in the meta-analysis. Data were extracted via open access or from study authors. Heterogeneity was assessed through study-level random effects estimates. Results: Pooled homicide rates per 100,000 population were 2.02 (95% CI [1.23, 3.33]) for older adults ( n = 35,325) and 3.98 (95% CI [2.42, 6.53]) for younger adults ( n = 607,224; rate ratio = .51, 95% CI [0.37, 0.70], p < .001). Proportion estimates for older adults: victim female 46.3%, location home 71.4%, offender familiar 25.2%, compared to stranger, 24.2%, motive argument 36.1%, compared to felony 30.8%, and weapon firearm 24.5%. Older adults were significantly different to younger adult victims ( p = <.001) for female ( OR = 2.5, 95% CI [2.02, 3.10]), home (3.87, 95% CI [3.45, 4.35]), stranger (1.81, 95% CI [1.66, 1.98]), argument (0.33, 95% CI [0.28, 0.39]), felony (2.78, 95% CI [2.58, 2.99]), and firearm (0.38, 95% CI [0.36, 0.40]). Conclusions: Homicide against older adults differs from younger adults and warrants specific research and tailored prevention strategies.

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“…Using social constructivism as a guiding theory allows for differing policies to be created based upon the contextual factors known at that time and to be adapted as new information becomes available (Biggs, 1996;O'Connor & Netting, 2008;Stone, 2011). One of the benefits of using social constructivism in policy making is that it acknowledges the subjective values present in decision-making processes, including policy making (Cramer & Brady, 2013;Quinn & Rohrbaugh, 1981).…”

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“…The Competing Values Framework emphasizes that various sectors, dimensions, organizations, and individuals involved in policy making often have differing values that may conflict with one another (Cameron, Quinn, DeGraff, & Thakor, 2007;Quinn & Rohrbaugh, 1981). These differing values may create tension between entities that strains relationships, growth, and progress (Cramer & Brady, 2013). Nowhere is the presence of competing values and tension more apparent than in the realm of social media and social work education.…”

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“…Lastly, as professional social workers and social work educators, instructors developing social media technology policies for social work courses must be attentive to the various codes of ethics and standards, including, but not limited to, the NASW Code of Ethics, International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Code of Ethics, and CSWE Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). When considering ethical codes and professional policies, social work professionals and educators will often find themselves forced to consider two or more values that may potentially conflict with one another (Biggs, 1996;Cramer & Brady, 2013). For instance, the NASW Code of Ethics specifies that social workers have a duty to promote social justice but also to protect the privacy and confidentiality of clients (NASW, 2008).…”

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Developing Ethical Guidelines for Creating Social Media Technology Policy in Social Work Classrooms

Brady

McLeod

Young

2015

ASW

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This paper will discuss social media technology in the context of social work education. While social media technology is prevalent in social work education, most discourse about ethical use of social media in the classroom has taken a prescriptive and overly cautious approach that neglects the context dependent nature that social work educators teach in as well as the overwhelmingly positive potential of social media technology in the classroom. This paper utilizes social constructivist theory and the Competing Values framework to guide the development of an ethical decision making framework for social work educators to use in order to create dynamic classroom policies related to social media technology. The authors strive to make a modest contribution to the existing literature related to social media technology and social work through the development of this new ethical decision making framework and discourse related to social media technology, ethics, and social work education.

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Competing Values in Serving Older and Vulnerable Adults: Adult Protective Services, Mandated Reporting, and Domestic Violence Programs

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Older adults and violence: an analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England involving adults over 60 years of age

Older adults and violence: an analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England involving adults over 60 years of age

Epidemiology of Homicide in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Developing Ethical Guidelines for Creating Social Media Technology Policy in Social Work Classrooms

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