Unit 11 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

1. Unit 11 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Contexts of Abuse

2. You have 10 seconds to name… 5 places found on a Monopoly Board

3. Recap …. What we have learned so far Types of Abuse Indicators of Abuse What is a Vulnerable Adult

4. Where are people Abused • own home; • community care; • day care; • hospitals; • residential care, independent living; • Day care centres; • health services, eg GP surgeries, dental surgeries, physiotherapy • Contexts: people who are dependent on others for personal care; lack of mental capacity to consent to

5. Who is most at risk? • people with learning disabilities, • physical disabilities; • ill health; • dementia; • people with • mental health needs; • people who are aphasic; • sensory impaired; • comatose or semi-comatose; • Older people

6. Contexts of Abuse • people who are dependent on others for personal care; • lack of mental capacity to consent to sexual relationships; • adults who do not have the social awareness that abuse has taken place; • adults who feel shame or fear of reporting; • communication difficulties; • discriminatory practice; • bullying within care services; • invasion of privacy; • relationships involving power; • social isolation