The future of adult safeguarding in Australia
Chesterman, John
The future of adult safeguarding in Australia John Chesterman - Australian Social Policy Association, 2019 - Australian Journal of Social Issues .
Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2019, 54: 360-370
Significant reforms to Australia’s adult safeguarding laws and practices are in the process of occurring in the context of increasingly market-oriented social care provision and rising human rights consciousness. Recent safeguarding developments have included federal regulatory reforms concerning disability and aged care service provision, together with significant reform activity stemming from a national inquiry into elder abuse. Despite this national activity, adult safeguarding continues largely to be an arena of state and territory responsibility. This article examines recent reform developments and asks how safe-guarding laws and practices can be reformed to take account of increased federal involvement in social care regulation and the more market-oriented ways in which social care is being provided. The article argues that while state and territory safeguarding laws and practices are unlikely to become uniform, 10 principles ought to guide continued adult safeguarding reform. These principles seek to balance respect for the autonomy of individuals with society’s obligation to support those in need. (Author's abstract). Record #7688
DISABLED PEOPLE
ELDER ABUSE
LAW REFORM
OLDER PEOPLE
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPORT SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
The future of adult safeguarding in Australia John Chesterman - Australian Social Policy Association, 2019 - Australian Journal of Social Issues .
Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2019, 54: 360-370
Significant reforms to Australia’s adult safeguarding laws and practices are in the process of occurring in the context of increasingly market-oriented social care provision and rising human rights consciousness. Recent safeguarding developments have included federal regulatory reforms concerning disability and aged care service provision, together with significant reform activity stemming from a national inquiry into elder abuse. Despite this national activity, adult safeguarding continues largely to be an arena of state and territory responsibility. This article examines recent reform developments and asks how safe-guarding laws and practices can be reformed to take account of increased federal involvement in social care regulation and the more market-oriented ways in which social care is being provided. The article argues that while state and territory safeguarding laws and practices are unlikely to become uniform, 10 principles ought to guide continued adult safeguarding reform. These principles seek to balance respect for the autonomy of individuals with society’s obligation to support those in need. (Author's abstract). Record #7688
DISABLED PEOPLE
ELDER ABUSE
LAW REFORM
OLDER PEOPLE
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPORT SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA