Safeguarding in Practice: Dementia Care and Care Act 2014 Report

This report examines safeguarding interventions for a patient with dementia, Craig, who is resistant to leaving his home despite safety concerns. It explores various interventions, including 'making safeguarding personal' and family group conferences, justifying their use based on the Care Act 2014. The report emphasizes the importance of a user-led approach, ensuring patient involvement and consent in decision-making. It analyzes the potential problems healthcare professionals may encounter, such as the risk of interventions being imposed rather than collaborative. The report highlights the significance of transparency, accountability, and the involvement of family members in enhancing the patient's quality of life and health outcomes. The report concludes that the interventions were selected to enhance the quality of life of patients and also their well-being.

Safe guarding
in practice

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA............................................................................................................2
Describe the care intervention/s...................................................................................................2
Justify the reasons for using the interventions drawing on relevant legislation, guidance and
evidence.......................................................................................................................................3
Consider the requirement of the Care Act 2014 for safeguarding interventions to be user led.. 3
Outline the problems that maybe encountered by professionals.................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of an individual suffering
from any type of disease and protect them from harm. In this the protection can be provided to
those who have suffered from abuse or are going through any type of physical or pyshcological
illness. Present report will lay emphasis on Craig who is been suffering from dementia and do
not want to move out of his house. Present report will lay emphasis on the care intervention used
for this situation. It will also lay focus on reason for using this intervention.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Describe the care intervention/s
In the present case scenario, Craig is been suffering from dementia and he is been living
alone in his home even when his dementia has been increased. He now has third break in, in his
property the social team has decided that patient is not safe at home and needs to be shifted in the
sheltered housing. For the present case scenario various safeguarding interventions can be used,
this includes the following:
Making safeguarding personal: Making Safeguarding Personal means it should be
person-led and outcome-focused. In this person centred safeguarding approach is been used. In
this intervention Craig will be involved and will be communicated the benefits of getting to a
sheltered housing and too safely (Cooper and Bruin, 2017). Patient will be made understand that
how these actions are been taken for their personal benefit, well-being and safety. By making
safeguarding personal the nurses involved will make sure that accountability and transparency
also exists while treating with the patient. This will also support them in building better and
trusting relationship. It also includes the involvement of choices in order to enhance the quality
of life of people who are been suffering from any kind of mental or physical problem.
Family group conferences: Adult family group conferences are been designed in order to
work with adults and children where there has been a risk related to care proceedings. There are
various evidences that has provided that these family groups are been involved in providing
safeguarding to adults who are at risk. In the situation of Craig FGC can also be used as the
intervention in order to enhance the quality of life of patients who has been suffering from
dementia. The main aim of this group is to meet and find solutions to the issues which has been
faced by the adult patient.
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Justify the reasons for using the interventions drawing on relevant legislation, guidance and
evidence.
For the present situation of Craig the intervention which has been used are making
safeguarding personal and also making use of family group conferences. These two interventions
are been selected as they are based on relevant legislations which is Care act, 2014 (Romeo and
et.al., 2017). These interventions are been used to provided protection to patient who has been
suffering from dementia and also Craig do not want to move out of his house. Both the
interventions will assist patient in enhancing their quality of life. It is been used so that the health
outcome and patients well-being can be improved. The main purpose of these safeguarding
interventions is to find solutions to the problems which has been suffered by the patient. By
making safeguarding personal the nurses involved will make sure that accountability and
transparency also exists while treating with the patient. In the adult family group conferences,
they will include family members and friends in order to make better decision for Craig. Legally
the decisions related to patient must include them and also their family members. It has also been
analysed that no decision can be made by any social group without the consent of the patient as
this is against the law. These groups are basically been made to protect adults from the abuse,
neglect and self-prevention. They can assist Craig in enhancing their quality of life, health and
well-being.
Consider the requirement of the Care Act 2014 for safeguarding interventions to be user led.
The Care Act, 2014 is the act given by parliament of United Kingdom in which local
authorities are been provided with the responsibility to assess anyone who is in need of care and
support. The authorities needs to be engaged in analysing the needs and demands of persons who
is been suffering in order to improve their quality of life, like for example in the present case
situation (Feldon, 2017). The authorities needs to be involved in making sure that all needs of
Craig must be fulfilled and adequate protection must be provided to him. In this the authorities
also needs to make sure that the person who requires care has been involved in decision. They
should not force anyone to be involved in the practices followed by them. As per the act, the
authorities also need to be transparent and honest. Independent advocacy also needs to be
provided to Craig. This will assist the authorities in enhancing the health outcome and well-being
of patient. The other things also needs to be considered when providing protection to Craig such
as community support and preventive services. Family members also needs to be considered in
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the decision making and patients consent also needs to be taken in an ethical way so that their
quality of life can be improved. Fair access to care services must be made available for all the
patients so that their well-being can be improved.
Outline the problems that maybe encountered by professionals
There can be various problems which can be faced by health care professionals when they
are working in this way. The user led approach focuses on that barriers must be removed and
also there must be full participants by its constituents. In making safeguarding personal the
approach make use of this could be done to people rather than done with them. In this case the
professionals can be involved in doing what they want and not with the patient. This situation
can make the condition of patient more miserable (Stanley, 2016). They could end up being more
miserable as they were before because of the various protective actions taken by the health care
professionals. Their quality of life can be reduced and also there health outcome can become
more worsen. In the family group conferences there can be person involved who are not aware
about the situation can make decisions which do not fulfil the needs and demands of patients.
This when happen can make life of patients more miserable. These are the problems which can
be faced by professionals when making use of these interventions while providing care to
patient.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been summarised that patient has been suffering from dementia
and do not want to leave his home even when the disease is making progress. It has also been
analysed that there had been three time breakdown in his house by the social workers. There has
been varies interventions which has been used in order to provide protection to patient. In
making safe guarding personal Patient has been made understand that how these actions are been
taken for their personal benefit, well-being and safety. It has also been analysed that these
interventions have been used in order to enhance the quality of life of patients and also their
well-being. Family adult group conference has also been used as an intervention to provide care
to patients and improve their health outcome.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Feldon, P., 2017. The Social Worker's Guide to the Care Act 2014. Critical Publishing.
Cooper, A. and Bruin, C., 2017. Adult safeguarding and the Care Act (2014)–the impacts on
partnerships and practice. The Journal of Adult Protection.
Romeo, L. and et.al., 2017. Safeguarding Adults under the Care Act 2014: Understanding Good
Practice. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Stanley, T., 2016. A practice framework to support the Care Act 2014. The Journal of Adult
Protection.
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