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Lynne Phair Team Leader, Homefield Place Nursing Development Unit, Eastbourne and County Healthcare NHS Trust, and Honorary Treasurer of the RCN’s Association for the Care of Elderly People (ACE)
Valerie Good Team Manager, East Sussex Social Services Department
Lynne Phair and Valerie Good highlight key issues for nurses in recognising and dealing with abuse
A report recently published by Action on Elder Abuse identified that 25 per cent of social services departments, and as many as 75 per cent of health authorities and trusts, do not have policies on how to manage incidents of suspected abuse (1).
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