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    Enabling ‘Looked After’ children to express their competence as participants in research
    WISE, S (ARACY and the NSW Commission for Children and Young People, 2009)
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    Resilience and recovery. Achieving family wellbeing after the financial crisis.
    WISE, S (Anglicare Australia Inc, 2009)
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    Baby on Board: Report of the Infants in Care and Family Contact Research Project
    HUMPHREYS, C ; KIRALY, M (Alfred Felton Research Program, 2009)
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    Cross-cultural spiritualities: implications for teaching, learning and practice
    White, ; HARMS, L ; Frawley, ; Nolan, ; White, (Charles Darwin University Press, 2009)
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    Responding to a "Window of Opportunity": The Detection and Management of Aged Abuse in an Acute and Subacute Health Care Setting
    Joubert, L ; Posenelli, S (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009)
    Aged abuse can manifest as physical harm, sexual assault, intimidation, blackmail, and social deprivation, misappropriation of funds or property, and neglect. The extent of the problem is difficult to assess in health settings due to underreporting and the fragility and reluctance of the elderly in being able to discuss the issue with health care providers. This appears to be related to the fact that perpetrators are frequently family members with resulting issues of aged dependency, family loyalty, and fear of the consequences of reporting. Of equal importance is a general lack of community understanding of aged abuse, including health professionals who frequently lack the confidence in screening and management to respond appropriately when aged abuse is suspected. Staff knowledge and skills emerge as a deficit in the detection of elder abuse and staff education has been identified as an effective means of improving the recognition of the abused elderly person in acute hospital settings. In addition, there remains a need for effective screening protocols. The aim of this study was to explore the recognition of aged abuse in an acute and subacute hospital setting. This has implications for effective management and community linkage as well as strengthening the knowledge base of issues related to this vulnerable group. The study included a survey and interview with hospital staff to explore their response to aged abuse over a retrospective twelve-month period.
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    Sleep disruption and domestic violence: exploring the interconnections between mothers and children
    Humphreys, C ; Lowe, P ; Williams, S (WILEY, 2009-02)
    ABSTRACT This paper argues that sleep disruption is both a strategy and an effect of violence and abuse which profoundly affects the lives of women and children. This paper traces the interconnections between the patterns of sleeping (not sleeping) for women and children living with and recovering from the effects of violence and abuse. It highlights the threat to the emotional and physical well‐being of children and women and provides a non‐pathologizing route into an exploration of one of the symptoms of trauma. It is based on a pilot study which interviewed 17 women, 14 of whom were mothers to 28 children. Mothers reported that many of their children experienced nightmares, bed‐wetting, night panics and disrupted sleep patterns. Recovery of the ability to sleep was often slow and uneven with interactive effects between women and children slowing progress.
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    Negotiating Identity in Late Life: Diversity Among Australian Baby Boomers
    Ozanne, E (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009)