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Beadle-Brown, Julie; Mansell, Jim; Cambridge, Paul; Milne, Alisoun; Whelton, Beckie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: There has been increasing recognition of the importance and extent of abuse of vulnerable adults, including people with intellectual disabilities, leading to the development of monitoring systems. This paper reports findings from one of the largest databases in the UK collected between 1998 and 2005. Method: Analysis of the 1926…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Sexual Abuse, Mental Retardation, Incidence
Mansell, Jim; Elliott, Teresa – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
British residential care staff (n=143) were given scenarios describing tasks they might carry out and asked what would happen if they did or did not do them. Although a majority reported consequences from managers or coworkers, a large minority did not. The tasks for which most reported consequences were administration. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adults, Attendants, Foreign Countries