Dear all,
 
••apologies for cross-posting••
 
I am pleased to share this Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue on Elder Abuse in the British Journal of Social Work (2018). Please find more information below:
 
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK 2018 SPECIAL ISSUE
 
Co-editors: Dr Hannah Bows (Teesside University) and Bridget Penhale (University of East Anglia)
 
Title: Elder Abuse and Social Work: Research, Theory and Practice
 
Rationale: There has been a growing interest in abuse of older people (often referred to as ‘elder abuse’) particularly over the last two decades. Most of the research has emerged from outside of the UK, although there has been a steady increase in research examining the prevalence and issues associated with elder abuse in the UK over the last ten years. However, there are significant gaps in research in relation to care homes (Moore, 2016) and minority ethnic groups (Manthorpe and Bowes, 2010). Moreover, certain types of abuse, particularly sexual abuse, have received very little attention from researchers (Bows and Westmarland, 2015; Jones and Powell, 2006). Furthermore, although there have been calls to examine abuse of older people using life course and/or feminist theoretical frameworks (as there are clear definitional and operational overlaps between domestic violence and elder abuse) (McDonald and Thomas, 2013; Whittaker, 1995; Jones and Powell, 2006) elder abuse remains under-theorised.
 
As the majority of service users in contact with the adult social care sector are older people, it is very likely that social workers in adult social care and health care settings come in contact with victims and perpetrators of elder abuse. They therefore require up-to-date knowledge and evidence to inform their practice, which will be provided by this special issue.
 
This special issue is devoted to examining the development of research, theory, policy and practice internationally in relation to elder abuse and domestic violence affecting older populations. This special issue encourages interdisciplinary papers, particularly where there are implications or recommendations for social work practice in collaboration with other disciplines or fields.
 
Aim(s): to examine the current state of research, policy and practice in relation to elder abuse and to consider the implications and potential further developments in relation to these areas (specifically the fields of social work and inter-agency practice and research). 
 
*Topic areas may include, but are not limited to:
 
New approaches to preventing elder abuse
Elder abuse in care homes and other institutional settings
What are the needs of victims of elder abuse?
Responding to the needs of victims
Examining the responses to elder abuse vs domestic violence
Who are the perpetrators/abusers and what are their motivations?
Sexual abuse of older people
Elder abuse in minority populations
Implications of legislation for working with victims and perpetrators/abusers
‘Vulnerability’ and elder abuse – are old people inherently vulnerable? How does vulnerability develop or restrict our understandings of elder abuse?
Theoretical and conceptual differences between elder abuse, adult safeguarding, domestic violence
Ageism and elder abuse
Dementia and elder abuse
Social work practice in healthcare settings and abuse
Gender and elder abuse
The role of voluntary sector and elder abuse, including age-related organsiations
 
We particularly welcome papers from international authors.
 
Guidelines to abstract submission
 
Abstract proposals not exceeding 800 words in length should be sent to Dr Hannah Bows ([log in to unmask]), School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Teesside University no later than June 9th 2017. Please include your name and email contact details.
 
Timescale
 
Prospective authors must be able to meet the following deadlines if their abstract is accepted for publication:
 
Full draft of papers by August 31st 2017.
Following peer-review, draft papers will be returned with a decision by 31st October 2017.
Final versions of manuscripts to be received no later than 31st January 2018.
Publication of this Special Issue will be June 2018.
 
Please do circulate widely.
 
Best wishes,
 
Hannah Bows


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