Safeguarding Adults definition

Safeguarding Adults means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.

Safeguarding Adults means protecting an adult at risk’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. The legal framework for safeguarding adults work is set out by the Care Act 2014. Safeguarding involves:

Safeguarding Adults. A National Framework of Standards for good practice and outcomes in adult protection work (ADSS 2005)

Examples of Safeguarding Adults in a sentence

• An allegation of abuse or neglect of an adult at risk, who does not have capacity to consent on issues about their own safety, will always give rise to action under the Safeguarding Adults process and subsequent decisions made in their best interests will be made in line with the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Capacity Act Code.

• The Trust will continue to deliver the delegated responsibilities of Torbay Council regarding Safeguarding Adults.

• They will not be a voting member of the Board.2.3 In accordance with the ‘Protocol Outlining Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements’ adopted by the Health and Wellbeing Board (Minute 58, October 2014), the Chair of the Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Adults Board and the Chair of the Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Board shall have a standing invited guest status on the Board.

• The Care Act 2014 put Safeguarding Adults into a statutory framework for the first time from April 2015.

• When reporting a concern to the local authority, the Alerting Manager (Safeguarding Adults Lead) will inform the Local Authority that a written record of the concern is available and will e-mail details of the concerns to the Local Authority if requested.

More Definitions of Safeguarding Adults

Safeguarding Adults means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and to stop both the risks and experience of abuse and neglect, while at the same time making sure that the adult’s wellbeing is promoted including, where appropriate, having regard to their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action;

Safeguarding Adults means that there is a responsibility at all levels to ensure that those adults who are most vulnerable, and who are living in the Borough, are kept safe for avoidable abuse or mistreatment. This means reducing the likelihood of harm to those adults and where an incident has happened has happened, we support the individual through the experience and work with all parties to try to ensure that this does not happen again.

Safeguarding Adults means making sure that adults at risk live free from abuse and neglect.

Safeguarding Adults means we have a responsibility at all levels to ensure those adults who are most at risk and who are living in the Borough are kept safe for avoidable abuse or mistreatment. This means reducing the likelihood of harm to those same adults by ensuring for example that the practice of care in a local residential home is of a good standard. It also means where abuse has happened ensuring we work alongside the person concerned to ensure that the abuse does not happen again.

Safeguarding Adults. Procedures” means the latest edition of Swindon Borough Council and the Council’s publication “Policy and Procedures for the Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Swindon and Wiltshire” or any update or replacement thereof.

Safeguarding Adults. The Role of NHS Commissioners, (DH, March 2011)

Safeguarding Adults means making sure that adults at risk live free from abuse and neglect. This used to be called ‘Adult Protection’. Everyone working in public services has a responsibility to report suspicions or allegations of abuse of adults at risk and children.