LEADER 05543nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910779584703321 005 20230126203205.0 010 $a1-299-36291-5 010 $a0-85700-626-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017317 035 $a(EBL)1157006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860781 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12327575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860781 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10917083 035 $a(PQKB)11421466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1157006 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017317 100 $a20121203d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSafeguarding adults and the law$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael Mandelstam 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aPhiladelphia $cJessica Kingsley Publishers$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (676 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84905-300-6 327 $aSafeguarding Adults and the Law: 2nd edition; Preface; 1 Introduction; Key points; Vulnerable adults; What do vulnerable adults need protecting from?; Law and safeguarding; The State, its agencies and safeguarding; Legal remedies; 2 Overview of themes and chapters; Key points; Overall observations; Summary of the book; 3 Safeguarding law and policy; Key points; Adult protection and safeguarding adults: legal underpinning; No secrets: Department of Health guidance and its implications; Definition of vulnerable adult under current legislation and guidance; Harm: abuse, neglect, acts of omission 327 $aSelf-neglectInstitutional, systemic neglect and omissions; When to intervene; Inter-agency approach to adult protection; Information sharing; Prevalence of abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults; Draft Care and Support Bill 2012: key points in relation to safeguarding; 4 Proportionate interventions, the State, human rights (and discrimination law); Key points; Human rights; Public bodies; Human rights and adult protection; Right to life; Inhuman or degrading treatment; Unlawful deprivation of a person's liberty; Right to respect for a person's home, private and family life 327 $aArticle 10: right to freedom of expressionEquality Act 2010; 5 Local social services authorities: pivotal role in safeguarding; Key points; Community care assessment and provision of assistance; Local authority investigations and responses: striking a balance; Systemic perpetration of harm by local authorities; Failing to commission services adequately and to monitor and review contractual arrangements; Application of strict threshold of eligibility for assistance; Harm arising from failure to meet people's needs; Impact of personalisation and self-directed support 327 $a6 The National Health Service: law, policy and guidance on safeguardingKey points; Safeguarding and the law; NHS legislation, guidance and safeguarding; Other legal remedies for poor care and neglect; Financial harm and abuse: NHS continuing health care; 7 The National Health Service: systemic poor care and neglect; Key points; Main factors underpinning systemic neglect in the NHS; Evidence of systemic poor care and neglect in hospitals; Perpetration and persistence of systemic poor care and neglect; Lack of transparency; Lack of responsibility and accountability; Whistleblowing in the NHS 327 $aCorruption of public institutions and undermining of trust8 Regulation of health and social care providers; Key points; Regulation of health and social care providers: the basic framework; Regulations about quality of services, neglect and abuse; Reporting harm to the Care Quality Commission or NHS Commissioning Board; Effectiveness of regulators; 9 Regulation of health and social care professionals; Key points; General Medical Council; Professional regulation of poor, neglectful and abusive practice; Systemic failings in health and social care 327 $a10 Barring workers: the Disclosure and Barring Service 330 $aThe safeguarding of vulnerable adults continues to increase in importance. Safeguarding Adults and the Law, now in its second edition, sets this complex area of work within an extensive legal framework and provides many useful pointers for practitioners and students. The book covers, for example, Department of Health guidelines, human rights, the regulation of health and social care providers, the barring of carers from working with vulnerable adults, care standards tribunal cases, mental capacity, undue influence, assault, battery, wilful neglect, ill treatment, self-neglect, manslaughter, mu 606 $aPeople with disabilities$xLegal status, laws, etc$zGreat Britain 606 $aPeople with disabilities$xAbuse of$zGreat Britain$xPrevention 606 $aCommunity health services$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain 606 $aNational health services$zGreat Britain 606 $aSocial service$zGreat Britain 615 0$aPeople with disabilities$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aPeople with disabilities$xAbuse of$xPrevention. 615 0$aCommunity health services$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aNational health services 615 0$aSocial service 676 $a362.941 700 $aMandelstam$b Michael$f1956-$01464777 701 $aMandelstam$b Michael$f1956-$01464777 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779584703321 996 $aSafeguarding adults and the law$93701332 997 $aUNINA