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Reading between the lines
— the role discourse in shaping responses to safeguarding older people | | Author(s) | Diane Galpin |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 16, no 6, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 399-410 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Protection [vulnerable adults] ; Social policy ; Conservative ; Interpretation. |
| Annotation | This paper reports on findings from research into the role of language and discourse in shaping responses to older people at risk of abuse in England. The study comprises a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the consultation paper 'A vision for adult social care: capable communities and active citizens' (Department of Health, 2010), which includes an outline of the Coalition government's approach to safeguarding adults. The aim of using CDA is to deconstruct policy to identify hidden meaning. The results suggest ideological, philosophical and economic discourses underpinning policy may promote 'Big Society' rather than address the abuse of older people, and that this might leave some older people vulnerable and at risk. It is acknowledged that the qualitative approach of CDA has its limitations as issues of subjectivity and interpretation exist. Drawing on this analysis may provide a heightened awareness of the use of discourse to expose potentially hidden motivations in others, and ourselves, by seeking out the ideological, philosophical and theoretical hiding places which enable specific discourses to become taken for granted. This paper thus explores practice in safeguarding adults from an ideological, economic and philosophical perspective. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522279 A |
| Classmark | CA3G: TM2: VL2: 4CC |
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