Smith, Nick, Rand, Stacey, Jones, Karen C., Dargan, Alan (2023) The scope of safety in English older adult care homes: a qualitative analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews. The Journal of Adult Protection, 25 (1). pp. 3-13. ISSN 1466-8203. E-ISSN 2042-8669. (doi:10.1108/JAP-03-2022-0006) (KAR id:97592)
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Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to explore the content of Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) from older adult care homes to understand how safety is understood and might be measured in practice.
Design/methodology/approach
SARs relevant to older adult care homes from 2015 onwards were identified via the Social Care Institute of Excellence SARs library. Using thematic analysis, initial inductive coding was mapped to a health-derived safety framework, the Safety Measurement and Monitoring Framework (SMMF).
Findings
The content of the SARs reflected the dimensions of the SMMF but gaining a deeper understanding of safety in older adult care homes requires additional understanding of how this unique context interacts with these dimensions to create and prevent risks and harms. This review identified the importance of external factors in care home safety.
Originality/value
This study provides an insight into the scope of safety issues within care homes using the SARs content, and in doing so improves understanding of how it might be measured. The measurement of safety in care homes needs to acknowledge that there are factors external to care homes that a home may have little knowledge of and no ability to control.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1108/JAP-03-2022-0006 |
| Additional information: | This author accepted manuscript is deposited under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC) licence. This means that anyone may distribute, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, subject to full attribution. If you wish to use this manuscript for commercial purposes, please contact permissions@emerald.com. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV59 Institutional care/home care |
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Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
| Funders: | National Institute for Health Research (https://ror.org/0187kwz08) |
| Depositing User: | Nick Smith |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2022 12:02 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2024 09:23 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/97592 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Smith, Nick.
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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9793-6988
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Rand, Stacey.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-2842
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Jones, Karen C..
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-8341
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Dargan, Alan.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8963-3802
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