...Steve Moore Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a review of some of the fundamental theoretical and contextual components of commissioning and regulatory processes as applied to care home services, revisiting and examining how they impact on the potential prevention of abuse. Design...

.... Social implications The guides highlighted in this article have the potential to improve practice in commissioning and, as a consequence, to provide better quality and safer residential care services. Originality/value The value of the paper is to support commissioners to better safeguard people...

... for moving from a reactive to a preventative approach to raise quality and to reduce abuse and neglect, exploring the links between commissioning and protection of vulnerable adults. Protection of vulnerable adults Commissioning Embargo Suspension of placements Risk management Sanctions ©...