Safeguarding in Practice

This article discusses the importance of safeguarding intervention in protecting the well-being and health of individuals. It explores the use of Adult Family Group conferences and advocacy as effective safeguarding interventions for treating dementia. The article also highlights the key principles and guidelines associated with safeguarding and the Care Act 2014.

Safeguarding in practice

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As per the viewpoints of Iliffe and et.al., (2015) safeguarding intervention is referred to as a
complete action which can be taken in order to effectively reduce the potential for abuse and any
other specific health condition. Safeguarding intervention is highly significant in effectively
protecting the well- being, health and human right of the individual person. This way it helps the
individual person to live a healthy and prosperous life. In this specific case scenario, Craig is
referred to as a single man who has been living alone. Craig has dementia and has also clearly
stated in the writing that he doesn’t want to move away from his home even when the condition
associated with the dementia has been progresses and has also become confused. Following at
the time of the third break- in at the property of Craig, the health care workers has evaluated that,
the Craig is at high risk in his home. It has been considered by the team to move Craig within the
sheltered housing.
As per the viewpoints of Harrison Dening and et.al., (2017), the Care Act, 2014 tends to
effectively state that, safeguarding is considered to be as the protection of the right of the adult,
child and young people which is significant in protecting the life. It is the right of the individual
to effectively live with high degree of safety which is free from neglect and abuse. It is highly
significant in effectively setting clear set of guidelines and also clear legal framework in order to
effectively protect the right in order to live within safety. It is mainly linked with the prevention
and stopping of the neglect and abuse. Safeguarding tends to effectively work with the person
and also work in the support in order to protect the individual and also keep the person safe to
live a healthy and quality life. There are six key principles which are linked with the
Safeguarding and it tends to mainly comprise of empowerment, proportionality, prevention,
accountability, partnership and protection. The principle of empowerment tends to state that,
people are being encouraged and supported in order to make informed set of decision. The
principle of prevention states that, it is better to act with accuracy and relevance before the
occurrence of any harm. The principle of proportionality tends to state that the services which
tends to take each individual person into the account who has been dealing with the abuse.
Parkinson and et.al., (2017) established the fact that, the principle of protection is significant in
supporting and giving the best possible care to the person who is in need. The principle of
partnership tends to demonstrate that the communities play one of the key significant role in
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order to detect, prevent and also report abuse and neglect. Moreover, the principle of
accountability is significantly linked with carrying out a safeguarding practice.
Safeguarding is effectively applicable for the people who has been dealing with the
vulnerable level of risk. People who tends to have dementia has cognitive symptoms that impose
the individual person more of at a greater risk associated with the neglect and abuse
(Safeguarding and dementia, 2020). Individuals who has dementia may experience problems like
memory loss, difficulty in communicating, difficulty associated with the orientation, problem in
concentration, problem in taking decision and problem in planning and organizing stuff.
However, all these problems tends to make it difficult for the individual to protect themselves.
However, effective safeguarding intervention is useful in the creation of the positive impact
which helps in assessing the health needs of the individual person. Safeguarding intervention
tends to have high degree of positive impact upon the well- being which is significant in
assessing the care needs.
According to Fenge, Lee and Brown, (2017), Dementia is considered to be as a syndrome which
tends to significantly results in the deterioration of the memory, behaviour and thinking
capability of the person in order to carry out day to day activities. There are 7 stages of the
dementia which mainly includes 1st stage as no impairment, 2nd stage as very mild cognitive
decline, 3rd stage is mild cognitive decline, 4th stage is moderate cognitive decline, 5th stage is
moderately severe cognitive decline, 6th stage is severe cognitive decline and 7th stage is very
severe cognitive decline. However, the 7th stage is considered to be as the late stage dementia
where the individual person tends to lose the key ability to walk or communicate and is also
unable to take care of themselves.
As per the viewpoints of Brooker and Latham, (2015), Adult Family Group conferences
is used by the healthcare practitioner in order to treat the people with Dementia. This is one of
the significant safeguarding intervention which is considered to be highly prominent to provide
the best possible care. There seems to be high degree of increasing safeguarding evidence which
helps in improving the care condition associated with the dementia. Adult Family Group
conferences has been working with the families meets together which helps in effectively finding
the best possible solution to the problem. This helps in examining the key problems which has
been faced by the children. This safeguarding intervention is useful in providing the
professionally supportive framework. Adult Family Group conferences which provides
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partnership working which is useful in bringing together various set of service users. It is useful
in providing supporting network where the care professionals tends to make family led decision
making. Adult Family Group conferences is useful in supporting the Craig in order to treat his
dementia condition. It is useful in providing wider culture of care by gaining wide possible care
conditions which eventually leads to higher care results and outcomes. A family group
conference is significant in providing the professionally supportive framework. Family tends to
have stronger bond with the person who has been seeking care for dementia. The family have
wide set of knowledge about the person as this way it is significant in effectively taking better
decision with utmost degree of accuracy and efficiency. The family centred group conference
intervention is significant because it helps in taking into account the unique qualities, interest
abilities, needs, preference, problems associated with the Craig. The Adult Family Group
conferences helps in making the individual feel comfortable with the family members and is
significant in treating the residents with utmost degree of respect and dignity. This intervention is
highly family centred and is significant in mobilizing the key facts. Bailey and et.al., (2017)
established the fact that, Adult Family Group conferences is useful and has significant degree of
use to treat dementia. The Adult Family Group conferences mainly comply with the Care Act
2014 which is significant in addressing the various set of safeguarding concerns. The Adult
Family Group conferences is considered to be one of the useful intervention because the Craig
tends to have difficulty in making relevant set of choices and is confused while taking any
decision. The Adult Family Group conferences will be useful for the Craig because it will be
significant in taking decision by effectively involving the family member at the time of providing
care to the Craig. Moreover, the adults who tends to lack capacity in carrying out their day to day
activities is also one of the key significant measure which is useful in taking appropriate set of
decision. The role of the family is considered to be very useful in effectively taking into account
the decision and ensures in the development of the effective care plan by indulging family
members which helps in delivering the best possible care to the patients.
Fenge, (2017) established the fact that, this Adult Family Group conferences is
significant because it is useful in improving the patient’s outcome associated with the dementia.
It is useful in gaining the professional set of satisfaction and is useful in building the strengths of
the family. It is useful in decreasing the health cost and leads to effective utilization of the health
care resources. Assistance of the family members is considered to be useful in assisting the
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individual by providing the best possible care and other set of financial counselling. The key
potential disadvantage associated with the family centred care is that, the family members might
have difficulty in openly communicating the information which in turn are considered to be
necessary for meeting the needs and requirements.
As per the viewpoints of Baker, and et.al., (2019), the second intervention which is
considered to be highly significant in treating the individual person who has dementia can be
done with the advocacy as a safeguarding intervention. Advocacy is one of the most effective
nursing intervention practice which is useful in describing the nurse and client relationship. This
is a significant intervention because it helps in supporting the individual person to promote the
wellbeing and it is also useful in attaining better care results and outcomes. Advocacy is
considered to be as nursing practice which is significant in providing the support and tends to
work within the best interest of the patient. It is useful in discussing the various set of
uncomfortable information in order to explore the implications. The core values which are
associated with the safeguarding intervention is significant in the prevention of the human
dignity, freedom from the suffering and equality to the patients. Every individual has the right to
be treated with high degree of respect and honour. This Advocacy safeguarding intervention has
been provided by the legal safeguard where the wide set of several social care functions has been
taken into consideration. It is useful in providing care assessment to the people who has been
seeking care for dementia. The care act 2014 tends to provide legal safeguard which is
significant in protecting the needs of the individual person. The advocacy is considered to be
significant because it helps in the creation of the base for carrying out network, support and
protection which is significant in meeting the needs and requirements. It is relevant because it
helps in promoting the rights and tends to understand the needs and requirements of the patient
Craig who has been suffering from dementia. The advocacy safeguarding intervention is
significant because it helps in sharing experiences and thoughts through workshops, surveys and
interviews.
As per the viewpoints of Ledgerd and et.al., (2016), Advocacy is considered to be as a
non- pharmacological and also tends to have psychosocial intervention for treating the people
who has dementia. However, the individuals who in turn were considered to be unable to
effectively carry out and significantly express the needs and requirements of the individual
person. There are various set of medications which in turn makes the condition of the dementia
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worse which mainly includes Benadryl, Tolterodine, Glycopyrrolate, etc. It is highly crucial to
understand the medical condition of the Craig and also provide them with the best possible care
and outcomes. However, the Craig is considered to be at the high degree of risk at the home and
it is considered to be highly significant in gaining the best possible care results at the sheltered
house.
Surr and et.al., (2016) established the fact that, this intervention is useful in improving the
condition of the people who has been suffering from dementia. However, Dementia advocacy
and support network is considered to be highly phenomenal which is useful in promoting the
respect and dignity. This is one of the significant intervention which is useful in providing
support services which is significant in improving the condition of the person who has dementia.
This is considered to be as one of the key significant intervention which is useful in improving
the well-being and it is significant in providing with the positive set of emotions. It is also useful
in developing and building positive relationship and gain engagement to improve the results and
outcomes in Craig related with the dementia. This way it is useful in living a happy and a
prosperous life. As per the viewpoints of Harrison Dening and et.al., (2017), the advocacy
safeguarding intervention is considered to be highly prominent for the Craig because the client
tends to lack capacity to take the crucial decision and also tends to remain confused. The Care
Act, 2014 is associated with the dementia which is significant in the development of the key new
range of legislations and is significant in gaining wide set of legal right to support and
assessment. The Care act 2014 is significant in carrying out legal set of framework and effective
guidelines for treating Craig and improving his condition related with the dementia. However,
the key warning signs which are mainly associated with the dementia in turn mainly comprise of
difficulty in solving the problems, difficulty in taking decision, memory loss, misplacing of
things, highly confused about the time or place, challenge in understanding the visual
information, poor judgement, challenge in understanding the visual information, problem in
speaking and writing, etc. The key problem associated with the advocacy as a safeguarding
intervention for treating dementia is that the health care practitioners tends to have difficulty in
gaining key relevant set of information in order to provide the best possible care and outcomes.
Moreover, there are 5 set of principles which are mainly linked with the advocacy which mainly
includes confidentiality, safeguard, clarity of the purpose, empowerment, equality and diversity
and also putting people on the top list are considered to be as the key effective principles of
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advocacy. It helps in effectively treating people which eventually helps in carrying out the day to
day activities at a normal pace and improve the quality of life.
From the conducted study it has been summarized that, in this specific case scenario, the
Craig will use Adult Family Group conferences as a safeguarding intervention which will be
considered useful in effectively carrying out all the activities with high degree of accuracy and
helps in treating the patient with dementia. Adult Family Group conferences helps in examining
the key problems which has been faced by the person and is useful in making corrective decision
making. Family tends to have stronger bond with the person which helps in providing relevant
set of information to the person. Care Act 2014 which is significant in addressing the various set
of safeguarding concerns to improve the health conditions. Assistance of the family members is
considered to be useful in assisting the individual by providing the best possible care and better
counselling. Another key significant intervention which is associated with treating people with
the dementia in turn mainly includes advocacy safeguarding intervention. Advocacy is one of the
most effective nursing intervention practice which is useful in describing the nurse and client
relationship. It is useful in providing care assessment to the people who has been seeking care for
dementia. Advocacy is considered to be as a non- pharmacological. Hence, these interventions
are highly relevant in improving the health conditions and outcomes associated with dementia.
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