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Safeguarding the ‘Oldest Old’
Richard PowleyHead of SafeguardingAge UK
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England’s changing demographic
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65+ and 85+ population estimates and projections between 2005 and 2025, Eng-land
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“Life is not over once you hit 85. In fact, most people over this age are rather independent, feel that their health is good, enjoy a good quality of life, and have more than a few years of life left”
(Understanding the Oldest Old - Age UK 2013).
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• Why do old people always sit by me on the bus?! I'm peado bate I swear
• I hope I don't smell like old people when I'm old
• hate when old people smell of wee• Old people that win money should be
forced to hand it over• Eastbourne we are over run with old
people
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• Old people remind me of cute little pugs• Find old people so cute• Old people are so nice and chatty, aww• These sick f***s who abuse old people
need to be shot!
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HSCIC: 2012-13 Adult Safeguarding
18-64: 40%
65-74: 12%
75-84: 22%
85 and over 26%
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Men over 85: Increased risk of physical and financial abuse
Women over 85: Increased risk of neglect (UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People Prevalence Survey Report)
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Physical abuse
• Physical abuse can be especially serious because older people’s bones are thinner and take longer to heal
• Even minor injuries can cause serious
and permanent damage
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Hillcroft Nursing Home
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Financial abuse & scams
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Scams prevalence
• 70% of older people routinely targeted by rogue traders over the telephone
• 40% of older people in the UK with dementia regularly targeted by scam mail
• 62% approached by unscrupulous cold callers or doorstep sales people
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Neglect
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Domestic Abuse
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Domestic Abuse
• Local Domestic Abuse policies should specifically include older people
• The needs of older people who experience domestic abuse are different
• Be aware of, and understand the new definition of domestic abuse and understand potential remedies such as Domestic Violence Protection Orders
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Draft Care Bill
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What can we do?
• Abandon the ‘deficit conception of ageing’ • Make sure dignity and respect for the
oldest old are part of any services • Identify what makes the difference
between services for the oldest old that effectively prevent abuse and those that fail to do this
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What can we do?
• Consider Domestic Abuse.
• For many older people this will be the first contact they have had with social services. Be sensitive.
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What can we do?
• Think about the positive outcomes that the draft Care Bill may have
• Support your local Age UK – they have great resources and access to great insight!
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams”