... 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...

...: Learning/intellectual disabilities Safeguarding Vulnerable adults Cawston Park hospital Learning lessons Safeguarding Adults Review This is Norfolk’s Winterbourne view, but this is so much worse. Nobody at Winterbourne View died and as we have seen, three young adults died here. We must make...

...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...

... 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 The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) (MCA, 2005), fully...

...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...

... Domestic violence Vulnerable adults Homicide Death reviews Both the volume and type of death reviews taking place in the UK have grown significantly since the first child death scandal of Dennis O’Neill who was “boarded out” [1] in 1945 (Hopkins, 2007) and the subsequent Monckton four day...

...@salford.ac.uk 09 10 2018 19 10 2018 22 10 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mental health Safeguarding Legal Sexual violence Trauma informed approaches Vulnerable adults Recent research and reports have...

...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...

... practice Social services United Kingdom Safeguarding adults Vulnerable adults Adult abuse Multi‐agency Empowerment Risk management This article explores some of the challenges associated with achieving best practice across multi‐agency settings for safeguarding vulnerable adults...

... such an area. The Bradley report, therefore, highlights a number of local initiatives that it hopes can be adapted or taken up in other areas. Ian Cummins can be contacted at: i.d.cummins@salford.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Vulnerable adults Police custody Forensic...

.... Paul Simic can be contacted at: paul.simic@lanacashirecare.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Safeguarding Action research Vulnerable adults Social care Surveys Refinements to and around that core definition have included a challenge to the notion of “vulnerability...

... […].” 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 some ways...

... 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...