Risky business

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes a review on the perception and management of risk amongst users of adult social care services. This updates the review of research done for DH published in 2007 by the Social Policy Research Unit. There's a focus on the functioning of recent measures to mitigate risk, such as the POVA list and CRB checks, although thus far evidence for their effectiveness is limited. The report also notes that there is still little research on the experience of Black and Minority Ethnic communities as regards adult social care. A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies on the prevalence and risk of violence against adults with disabilities concludes that although it's clear that this group is at increased risk of violence, the quality of evidence is patchy. An article in the British Journal of Learning Disabilities evaluates an intervention to increase uptake of eye tests (offered as part of annual health checks) by people with learning disabilities.