... safeguarding Inspection of adult services Vulnerable adults Since the first child death scandal of a child who was “boarded out” in 1945 (Hopkins, 2007) and the subsequent inquiry, the number of deaths and serious incident reviews taking place in the UK has burgeoned. We now have more of an “inquiry...

... Safeguarding Vulnerable adults Cawston Park hospital Learning lessons Safeguarding Adults Review This reflective practice article describes the experience of the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board Manager in coordinating a complex Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) into the deaths of three adults...

...Jill Manthorpe; Joanne Liming Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the development and content of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018 (hereafter “the Act”) in Singapore. It reports the parliamentary processes and deliberations. Design/methodology/approach A synthesis...

... 22 02 2020 30 04 2020 11 05 2020 15 05 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Safeguarding Systematic review Legal Health and social care practitioners Mental capacity act (MCA) Vulnerable adults...

...Mark Redmond Purpose Traditional understandings of financial abuse are limited to particular situations and people who have close access to vulnerable adults. This paper aims to add to a debate that intends to push the boundaries of the understanding of financial abuse further. In particular...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mental health Safeguarding Legal Sexual violence Trauma informed approaches Vulnerable adults Recent research and reports have highlighted that the impact of sexual violence has to be an area of increased concern for all mental health...

... generated a group of five cross-cutting themes and these provided the structure for the focus group discussion. These five themes were significant features in all three types of review; they were not specific per se to issues of domestic abuse, vulnerable adults, or mental health (for an overview...

...Jill Manthorpe; Stephen Martineau Purpose Local serious case reviews (SCRs) (now Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs)) may be held in England when a vulnerable adult dies or is harmed or at risk of being so, and local agencies may not have responded to the abuse or neglect. The purpose of this paper...

...Emma L Stevens Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify aspects of leadership and evaluate their contribution to safeguarding vulnerable adults in healthcare organisations through conducting a critical review of literature. To identify or adapt a leadership framework to contribute...

...Emma L. Stevens; Katie Cook Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to identify safeguarding concerns for vulnerable adults, including exploring the implementation of safeguarding policy and procedures into practice. This was achieved by reviewing the content of reflective assignments written...

... day‐to‐day dilemmas of how far to empower a service‐user without intervening in risk‐taking behaviours whilst working in a society and culture where there is aversion to risk. The multi‐agency process of safeguarding vulnerable adults continues to pose challenges, despite agencies improving...

... of recommendations about how agencies can work together more effectively to meet the needs of vulnerable adults. The review also highlighted examples of good practice including innovative areas of joint working. The Bradley Review highlights that the shift towards “neighbourhood policing” represents a clear...

... sample taken from the CQC Lancashire provider list for the Lancashire County Council (LCC) area (by “care homes only”, “care homes with nursing”, and “domiciliary care”), for adults and older people. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Safeguarding Action research Vulnerable adults...

..., impossible to meet. Abuse Safeguarding Vulnerable adults Intellectual disability Disabilities Carers This paper has been written to consider what can be learned from the occasional, but very shocking cases in which parents of disabled adults kill their disabled sons and daughters. It explores...

... with other organisations to help safeguard vulnerable adults. Findings The OPG works in partnership with a range of other relevant organisations to protect vulnerable adults from financial abuse. It details the types of activities, the OPG investigating officer may undertake to examine allegations...

...Andrew Reece In many if not most areas of England, there has been a significant change in the language used to describe work with vulnerable adults. Most local councils have evolved their language from ‘protecting’ to ‘safeguarding’ vulnerable adults. This paper will argue that unless...

...) has published helpful guidance on the management of escalating concerns in care homes, which helpfully informs arrangements for adult protection and provider performance to be managed in tandem. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Vulnerable adults Capacity Consent Significant harm...

... of adult protection investigations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Safeguarding Vulnerable adults Adult protection Police Investigations VIEW Policy and Practice PE ER·RE paper ED 7ORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH THE POLICE IN SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS SHARING experience from...

...David Hewitt Vulnerable adults have recently gained greater protection. A lot of attention has focused on the effect of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, but many significant provisions can be found elsewhere. It may be that those provisions...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Elder abuse Charity Vulnerable adults Domestic abuse Training Organisational pro le A pro le of Action on Elder Abuse introduction Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) is an abuse charity that works to protect and prevent the abuse of vulnerable...