... May 2018, Singapore joined the growing number of countries that have specific legal frameworks for adult protection. Implemented on 19 December 2018, the new Act contains a set of principles to guide intervention and outlines the situations in which the law may be applied. This article provides...

... in Norrie et al., under review); the aim of this paper is to address the methods and findings of the study’s efforts to quantify the scale of “the problem”, using data collected by a survey and interviews with managers. Access Adult safeguarding Law Adults at risk Power of entry...

...Catherine Heard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inform readers about the Law Commission's review of hate crime offences and provide information on key stages. At the time of writing the review is at consultation stage and people are being invited to participate in this process. Design...

.... The article concludes that adult safeguarding co‐ordinators are mostly well informed but would welcome specific updating, especially around the new offences introduced by the Act. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Elder abuse Mental capacity Mistreatment Law Mental Capacity Act VIEW...

... with vulnerable adults. The paper closes with a series of pertinent ethical, legal, procedural and operational issues that service providers need to consider. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Elder abuse Service user abuser Vulnerable adults Ethics Law Procedure Practice issues Service user abusers Thelma...