‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’: Bodily Autonomy and the Misuse of Restrictive Practices in Aged Care and Youth Detention Settings

Somes, T; Doel-Mackaway, H

‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’: Bodily Autonomy and the Misuse of Restrictive Practices in Aged Care and Youth Detention Settings

Somes, T

Doel-Mackaway, H

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Publisher:: Routledge
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Citation:: Linking Ages: A Dialogue between Childhood and Ageing Research, 2024, pp. 320-334
Issue Date:: 2024-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Somes, T https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-7183
dc.contributor.author	Doel-Mackaway, H
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-01T22:59:17Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-01T22:59:17Z
dc.date.issued	2024-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Linking Ages: A Dialogue between Childhood and Ageing Research, 2024, pp. 320-334
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/182768
dc.description.abstract	This chapter examines issues concerning bodily autonomy of older people and children and the use of restrictive practices in aged care and youth detention settings in Australia. Working within the broad theme of advancing agency, choice, and dignity in institutional environments, we examine the reasons for existing failures to uphold people’s right to bodily autonomy. We examine whether the law supports people in these settings at either end of the lifespan, what is the impact of the failure to uphold the right to bodily autonomy. As such the aim of the chapter is modest - we seek to observe and identify commonalities with a view to further exploration and research in this area.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Routledge
dc.relation.ispartof	Linking Ages: A Dialogue between Childhood and Ageing Research
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781003429340-33
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’: Bodily Autonomy and the Misuse of Restrictive Practices in Aged Care and Youth Detention Settings
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Family and Domestic Violence Research Network
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dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2025-01-01T22:59:15Z
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This chapter examines issues concerning bodily autonomy of older people and children and the use of restrictive practices in aged care and youth detention settings in Australia. Working within the broad theme of advancing agency, choice, and dignity in institutional environments, we examine the reasons for existing failures to uphold people’s right to bodily autonomy. We examine whether the law supports people in these settings at either end of the lifespan, what is the impact of the failure to uphold the right to bodily autonomy. As such the aim of the chapter is modest - we seek to observe and identify commonalities with a view to further exploration and research in this area.

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