About this page. This page summarises a Domestic Homicide Review published in the Home Office DHR Library. The full report is available at the source link below. Victim and perpetrator names are not included in extracted summaries on this page.
Source · Domestic Homicide Review
Kent review
CSP: KentPublished: December 2022Year of death: 2018Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified insufficient proactive support and mental health assessment for the perpetrator as a carer, despite escalating distress and threats. There were missed opportunities for multi-agency coordination, comprehensive risk assessment, and clear communication regarding the victim's care and the perpetrator's Power of Attorney.
Home Office classifications
16 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - cognitive disorder (dementia or alzheimer's disease)
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - was a carer
Perpetrator - carer for victim
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
That someone diagnosed with dementia should be offered a one-to-one discussion shortly after diagnosis so that their hopes, wishes, fears concerns can be recorded in an assessment that can be referred to throughout the duration of their illness. This can be updated as circumstances change.
That provision is made for carers to be spoken to on their own about how they are managing/coping. This should be a structured conversation where a realistic assessment of capability is made according to the pressures that the individual carer is subject to and should be offered a carers assessment. Any decision to complete the carers assessment or not should be accurately recorded. The agency most familiar with the carer should offer the session. The suggestion should always be made to a carer that they could work with an advocate if that would be helpful to them.
Addressed to
Kent and Medway CCG | KCC Adult Social Care and Health
That a professional working with a carer sees a copy of the POA and communicates the contents to others working with a person/family. It follows that there should be a good understanding of POA and agencies may need to deliver training to ensure that their staff/contractors have a clear understanding of POA. This understanding should also cover the circumstances in which a POA may need to be reviewed/revoked.