1. Changes and sticking points in adult safeguarding: a discussion
- Author
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Ann Wilkinson, Vinoda Coopamah, Deborah Chinn, and Jill Manthorpe
- Subjects
Ageing society ,Vulnerable adult ,Context (language use) ,Safeguarding ,Elder Abuse ,Residential Facilities ,Nursing ,Professional-Family Relations ,Medicine ,Humans ,Disabled Persons ,health care economics and organizations ,Aged ,Quality of Health Care ,Community and Home Care ,Potential impact ,business.industry ,Professional development ,General Medicine ,Community Health Nursing ,humanities ,United Kingdom ,Work (electrical) ,Patient Safety ,business ,Community nursing - Abstract
The care and treatment of vulnerable adults was the subject of regular public and media concern in 2011. This article discusses the potential impact of these concerns on community nursing practice and reflects on the ways in which such concerns may be discussed in professional development activities. It alerts nurses to the importance of considering the effects on patients and carers of exposure to negative findings from inquiries and inspections. It identifies ways in which professional development opportunities can be used to update general skills in safeguarding practice. These are likely to be of growing importance to the work of community nurses in the context of an ageing society and occasional potential conflicts between patients and carers. Keeping abreast of legal frameworks will be required of nurses if they are to advise and to advocate for their patients.
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- 2012