All Stories

  1. Community mapping with older people in a Scottish rural area: implications for social prescribing

    Article • Journal of Integrated Care, April 2026, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  2. Improving the lives of older people: Challenges and potential of gerontological social work

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, March 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay, Dr Sarah Donnelly

  3. Carer harm: a challenge for practitioners, services and research

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, February 2025, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  4. Guest editorial

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, July 2023, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  5. Dangerous care: developing theory to safeguard older adults in caring relationships in the UK

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, April 2023, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  6. Assessment tools used in adult safeguarding practice within the UK and Ireland: results from a small-scale qualitative study

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, February 2023, Emerald

    Ms Bridget L Penhale, Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  7. Negotiating safety and vulnerability in everyday life: perspectives of UK older people from participative research

    Article • European Journal of Social Work, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  8. Building knowledge for policy and practice based on service user and carer experiences: A case study of Scottish adult safeguarding research

    Article • Journal of Social Work, August 2020, SAGE Publications

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  9. Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007: reflections on developing practice and present day challenges

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, August 2017, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  10. Using two case studies to explore the complexity of choice in adult safeguarding practice.

    Article • Ethics and Social Welfare, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  11. Divergences in adult protection legislation

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, June 2016, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay, Dr Lorna Montgomery

  12. Exploring the barriers to gaining convictions for ill-treatment and wilful neglect in Scotland

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, August 2015, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  13. What difference does the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) 2007 make to social work service practitioners' safeguarding practice?

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, August 2012, Emerald

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay

  14. Compounding Conditional Citizenship: To What Extent Does Scottish and English Mental Health Law Increase or Diminish Citizenship?

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ms Kathryn J Mackay