The Healthcare Security Officer

York, Tony W.; MacAlister, Don

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-420048-7.00008-8

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“…Disease-based labelling is the product of the biomedical power to objectify and label people receiving care. York and MacAlister (2015) exemplify this point with their published list of ‘patient risk groups’ requiring special security attention. The ‘wandering patient’ was one of the defined risk groups: Wandering patients are a security concern presented by certain types of dementia patients, most frequently those with Alzheimer's disease.…”

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is estimated that each week at least one resident of the nation's nursing home facilities wanders away from a care facility and dies. (York and MacAlister, 2015: 348)The securitisation discourse surrounding dementia is further informed by anecdotes about wandering and resident safety. These do not originate with the security industry, but instead with visitors and families of people living with dementia.…”

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is estimated that each week at least one resident of the nation's nursing home facilities wanders away from a care facility and dies. (York and MacAlister, 2015: 348)…”

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…York and MacAlister (2015: 47) noted the danger regarding health-care security; namely that institutions will follow the adage, ‘more security is better’ when individual facilities begin to exceed national security standards and ‘raise the bar’ with increasingly advanced protection systems. As institutions respond to the securitisation discourse by implementing more security technology, it becomes increasingly important to consider the implications for the people who live in and around these secure environments.…”

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The securitisation of dementia: socialities of securitisation on secure dementia care units

Graham

2019

Ageing and Society

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Nearly 50 million people around the world live with dementia, with statistics predicting a steady increase in prevalence for the foreseeable future. There is a need for comprehensive and compassionate dementia care. Long-term care homes have built special care units for people living with middle- to late-stage dementia. Among other services, these care units often use innovative security technologies that monitor and curtail movement beyond unit exit doors. As care-givers and technology developers grapple with the ethical dilemma of autonomy and risk management, researchers are beginning to investigate the social impact of these security technologies. The present research contributes to this line of inquiry. Fieldwork was carried out on two secure long-term care units for people living with dementia. Ethnographic accounts will illustrate how security technology creates socialities of securitisation on a secure dementia unit. Using securitisation theory, I will argue that dementia has been redefined, shifting it from a health issue to a security issue. The discursive construction of dementia as a security issue will be considered in terms of the co-constructed notions of vulnerability, risk, security threat and security challenge with respect to people living with dementia. The paper investigates how securitisation influences the ethics of dementia care.

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Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is estimated that each week at least one resident of the nation's nursing home facilities wanders away from a care facility and dies. (York and MacAlister, 2015: 348)…”

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Securitising Dementia: Vulnerability Threat Risk and Challmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The securitisation of dementia: socialities of securitisation on secure dementia care units

Graham

2019

Ageing and Society

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“…Major components of generic healthcare systems and the associated security and privacy requirements are presented within the contents of the chapter. Security threats' landscape and vulnerabilities exploited for healthcare cyberattacks are identified and discussed in addition to several attack types [18]. Tools for defending and mitigating security attacks are discussed and reported at the end of the study [19].…”

Section: Part I: Theories and Foundationsmentioning

confidence: 99%