Author, as appears in the article.: Anand, Janet Carter; Donnelly, Sarah; Milne, Alisoun; Nelson-Becker, Holly; Vingare, Emme-Li; Deusdad, Blanca; Cellini, Giovanni; Kinni, Riitta-Liisa; Pregno, Cristiana;
Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
URV's Author/s: Deusdad Ayala, Blanca
Keywords: Social work Older people Human rights Covid-19 Care homes
Abstract: Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify examples of human rights violations - namely the right to life, liberty and security, respect for private and family life, and prohibition of torture, and general prohibition of discrimination. A significant contributing factor to the scale and nature of deaths and harms is the abject disregard of older people's human rights. Based on the findings, the authors, a group of social work academics, call for an urgent re-examination of the role of social work in relationship to care homes and the importance of re-engaging with human rights issues for care home residents.
Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Sociologia i política Social work Social sciences (miscellaneous) Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: blanca.deusdad@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7005-0551
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: European Journal Of Social Work. 25 (5): 804-815
APA: Anand, Janet Carter; Donnelly, Sarah; Milne, Alisoun; Nelson-Becker, Holly; Vingare, Emme-Li; Deusdad, Blanca; Cellini, Giovanni; Kinni, Riitta-Liisa; (2022). The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe-deaths, damage and violations of human rights. European Journal Of Social Work, 25(5), 804-815. DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2021.1954886
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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