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Safeguarding adults at risk from harm
— a legal guide for practitioners | | Author(s) | Michael Mandelstam |
| Corporate Author | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE |
| Publisher | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE, December 2011 |
| Pages | 279 pp (Adults' services SCIE report 50) |
| Source | Download report: http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/reports/report... |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Law ; Guides, guide books. |
| Annotation | The guide outlines the legal basis for the safeguarding of vulnerable adults at risk of harm in England. A series of case studies (`A') are included at the beginning of the guide, while the main part of the guide (`B') sets out the legal framework. Part 1 outlines the government's No secrets guidance and three key concepts of protection, justice and empowerment. Part 2 outlines a number of key human rights including the right to life, the right not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, the right not to be arbitrarily deprived of liberty and the right to respect for private and family life. The section also covers legal issues around information sharing and disclosure, and whistleblowing. Part 3 covers interventions around mental capacity, with particular reference to the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation. Part 4 explains the roles of key service providers in safeguarding vulnerable adults, including housing providers, the police, Crown Prosecution Service and coroners. Part 5 looks at the regulation of social and health care providers under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Part 6 covers financial and property abuse including fraud. Part 7 covers an array of other offences including psychological harm, violence against the person and sexual abuse. A concluding section looks at protective orders, injunctions and other interventions, eg. protection from harassment, Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders and Forced Marriage Protection Orders. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111221003 |
| Classmark | QNT: VR: 69N |
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