Sexual abuse involves forcing or enticing a Vulnerable Adult or young person to take part in sexual activities, whether or not the Vulnerable Adult is aware of what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact, including penetrative (e.g. rape or buggery or oral sex) or non-penet...
This hidden form of abuse constitutes less than one percent of all cases reported and substantiated by Adult Protective Services (APS), typically the agency of first report of the mistreatment of vulnerable younger and older adults. Both researchers and practitioners stress that this estimate ...
Its president, Melanie Williams, said: “This report shows an unsustainable and worrying picture for the four out of five of us needing adult social care in the future and sends a clear message that we can’t keep doing more of the same. “Instead of foc...
3. Situating vulnerable individuals in the data protection field 4. The broader perspective: vulnerability in the EU law 5. Beyond dichotomies: layers of vulnerability in the GDPR and the risk-based approach 6. Concluding thoughts Declaration of Competing InterestShow full outline Tables (1) Table...
The relationship between social networks and health and wellbeing is increasingly demonstrated in vulnerable adult populations. This relationship for vulne
It is aimed at four groups at significant risk of social exclusion: young people leaving the care system, adult offenders under probation supervision, adults in contact with secondary mental health services and adults with moderate to severe learning difficulties. It sits alongside a number of other...
2 Some elders experience physical abuse, caregiver neglect, and financial exploitation, but the most common report to adult protective service agencies in the United States is self-neglect, a syndrome that afflicts vulnerable older adults who are not able to meet basic needs.2,3 Self-neglect, ...
Vulnerable adult means any person 18 years of age or older who: (1) is a resident or inpatient of a facility; (2) receives services required to be licensed under Minnesota Statutes chapter 245A, except as excluded under Minnesota Statutes section 626.5572, Subd. 21(a)(2); (3) receives ...
"There is room for these systems to identify and mobilize that support in a structured way so adult providers can be there for youth," says Semanchin Jones. Communication is critical in these cases. "It wasn't stated explicitly but in the analysis it was obvious that we also need to wor...
Bereavement Intervention with Vulnerable PopulationsA Case Report on Group Work with the Developmentally Disableddoi:10.1300/J009v17n03_05The sudden death of a group member, in this case a developmentally disabled young adult, created a crisis requiring social work intervention in the form of a ...