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| Safeguarding in a personalised era | | Author(s) | Vern Pitt |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1842, 4 November 2010 |
| Pages | pp 22-23 |
| Source | www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Annotation | The government's adult social care vision, due out shortly, is expected to be based around four Ps - partnership, prevention, personalisation and protection. The last two of these Ps have long been seen as being in tension. Personalisation is about allowing disabled and older people to make choices - and take risks - that others take for granted. Safeguarding is about preventing these same people coming to harm. The spectre of more disabled and older people receiving personal budgets, purchasing support not commissioned by the council, nor regulated by the Care Quality Commission, and handling money that may leave them open to abuse by carers, has obvious safeguarding implications. Action on Elder Abuse is advising the Department of Health on how safeguarding practice can be brought into line with this timetable. Meanwhile, councils have been developing ideas to ensure that personalisation and safeguarding are in step with each other, (examples in this article are given and include pre-paid cards by Barking and Dagenham Council; lone appointments by Kingston Council). (KJ) |
| Accession Number | CPA-101111202 A |
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