Safeguarding Adults: Protecting the Vulnerable from Abuse

This article discusses the importance of safeguarding adults and protecting them from abuse. It explores the principles agreed upon by the government for safeguarding children and the impacts of safeguarding in healthcare settings. The article emphasizes the need for empowerment, support, prevention, proportionality, partnerships, and accountability in safeguarding practices.

TAQ 2
As the elderly people suffering from dementia are not able to explain them the exact situation
or the events and report an abuse, the practioners and the agency needs to protect them
effectively. The practitioners as well as the agencies need is to act professionally and take
care of the welfare of the children and elderly who is at a vulnerable situation (World Health
Organization, 2016). The practitioners and should at first obtain certain information regarding
the circumstances and about the person who is being abused. Firstly, he or she should obtain
the contact details of the person who is in a vulnerable situation. Secondly details about the
allegation and suspicion should be collected including the name of the abuser and the
circumstances that brought the abuser to the attentions of the practitioner. The suspicion or
the allegation of the physical abuse should be immediately reported to the head of the
organization or to the Director of the Care Home for Dementia and to the Children’s Home as
well (Emmett et al., 2014). Besides reporting the same, the practitioners as well as the
agencies also need to ensure that these types of events are not repeated with others in the
future. Strict laws and guidance are required to be given to the staffs and other authorities so
that the people can be protected from serious harm. The agencies can use the modern and
advanced technology and keep an eye on the staffs who are engaged in taking care of the
patients as well as on the other patients to prevent abuses.
Safeguarding adult reveals the security and prosperity of all patients as well as offeringextra
measures for them who are weak in protecting themselves from the intense harm and abuse.
All individuals have the right to lead a life which remains free from abuses and harms and is
anessential right and is the most vitalneed for their health (Frazãoet al., 2015). Healthcare
staffs do work with their patients who are incapable of protecting themselves from such
negative aspects such as harm, abuse and neglect for a number of reasons. Safeguarding the

adults changesdepending upon the nature of damage that have been caused to them, the
circumstances in which the harm has been caused and the people who were engaged in it.
There are concerns that are minor in nature but are capable of providing an opportunity for
early intervention, while the others are more serious and require a response through certain
procedures that are carried by multiple agencies and possible statutory regulations. The
healthcare practioners along with the healthcare agencies should share the information of the
abuse and harm being faced by their patients or inmates with their consent as soon as
possible. However, this can also be done without taking prior consent of the sufferer or the
person who is being abused and this depends on the seriousness of the issue and the risk.This
needs to be done in such a way, considering the interest of the public for sharing the
information of being harmed or abusedso that crime could beprevented and people can also
be protected (Betts, Marks-Maran and Morris-Thompson, 2014). There might be
extraordinary circumstances where a patient who is having the capacity, make decision or act
in such a way that would bring notice of the civil and criminal law and actions regarding the
same might be taken adequately. Management of complex situations includes other legal
services and the group members along with the agency in exploring the best way in resolving
the problem.

TAQ 3
The Government of the United Kingdom is dedicated in enhancing the health quality as well
as social care, development of the accountability to the patients and reinforcing the choice as
well as control that are possessed by them over their care. The following are the principles
that have been agreed upon by the Government for safeguarding children that is capable of
providing a foundation in achieving better outcomes for the patients (Grahamet al. 2016).
The first principle states empowerment and presumption of leading the decisions and consent
of the people. The children should be capable of having control on their care and approval
that is required for the choices and activities that have been intended to guard them. The
second principle states to provide support and represent those who are in greatest need where
all the patients carry on the duty to protect themselves. The third principle is to prevent the
patient from any kind of harm and abuse.
The fourth principle states proportionality and minimum intrusive reply appropriate to the
risk highlighted. Replies to harm and abuses should be reflected to the nature and
significance of the concerned matter. The fifth principle defines partnerships and the local
solutions who are working with their communities. Safeguarding people in this manner is the
most effective when the communities are working collaboratively and help in prevention,
identification and responding to harm and abuse. The last principle of safeguarding involves
accountability as well as transparency in protecting people. Healthcare services are
answerable to all patients, public as well as to their governing bodies and they work in
partnerships, which also helps in entailing open and apparent with companion agencies
regarding the meeting of the requirements of safeguarding (Ash, 2014).
The impacts that have been identified are structured around the standard themes of
safeguarding children. These include effective practice of safeguarding and service delivery,

management of capacity as well as the resources, working together, voice of the elderly,
management of performances and vision strategy and leadership. Effective practice of
safeguarding and service delivery furthermore includes improvement of services, audits and
assurance of quality, improvement in plans and tools and improved awareness of thresholds.
Under capacity and resource management there is more consistency and stability among the
engaged in social care, changes brought about in management of resources, reductions in the
service costs and improvement in the procedures for monitoring referrals. Working together
involves streamlining of the structures and subgroups as well as in the memorandums of
understanding between partnerships (Grech, 2015). The performance management involves
bringing about improvements to the creation, analysis and reporting of the data of
performance, improvement in the ability to take actions on the intelligence and impact on
performance management related to the personnel. Vision, strategy and leadership includes
single plan of action for improving safeguarding, streamlining of the structures and
subgroups and to bring about improvements in responsiveness and speed in change.

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