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| Practical approaches to safeguarding and personalisation | | Author(s) | Bernadette Simpson |
| Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, 16 November 2010 |
| Pages | 35 pp (Gateway ref: 14847) |
| Source | http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digi... Contact: Abigail Merrett, Social Care Policy Division, Room 116, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG. |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Services ; Rights [elderly] ; Social security benefits ; Independence ; Guides, guide books. |
| Annotation | Personalisation is about enabling people to lead the lives that they choose and achieve the outcomes they want in ways that best suit them. It is important in this process to consider risks, and keeping people safe from harm. Safeguarding is a range of activity aimed at upholding an adult's fundamental right to be safe. Being or feeling unsafe undermines our relationships and self-belief, our ability to participate freely in communities and to contribute to society. Safeguarding is of particular importance to people who, because of their situation or circumstances, are unable to keep themselves safe. This briefing paper sets out how personalisation of support and more effective safeguarding can be mutually supportive. It shows how self-directed support can help to prevent or reduce the risk of harm and abuse. It is not, primarily, about how councils and partner organisations should respond to abuse. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101118002 E |
| Classmark | QNT: I: IKR: JH: C3: 69N |
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