What is the appropriate safeguarding response to adult self-neglect?
How do you navigate between the need to protect adults who may be at risk of harm, and respecting the right of each individual to live their life as they chose? People may be at risk of self-neglect for various reasons, including reduced decision-making capacity, mental health difficulties, or an inability to manage their daily […]
Ever worried that someone you know is at risk of FINANCIAL ABUSE?
One-in-five adults aged 18+ in Ireland either were currently experiencing or have in the past experienced financial abuse according to research carried out by Safeguarding Ireland and Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) in 2019. Financial abuse can include theft, fraud, exploitation; pressure in connection with wills, property, inheritance or financial transactions, and the misuse […]
COERCIVE CONTROL AND THE NEED TO EXPAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT
When is a crime not a crime? When the victim is not in an ‘intimate relationship’ with their abuser. In Ireland, coercive control became a criminal offence in 2019 with the enactment of The Domestic Violence Act 2018. For those working with victims of this insidious, debilitating, and manipulative form of abuse, this was a […]
ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARS ABOUT FINANCIAL SAFEGUARDING & MOVING ACCOUNTS
Safeguarding Ireland’s National Advisory Committee (NSAC) includes almost 40 organisations in Ireland from across the health, social, financial and justice sectors. This broad group meets quarterly to discuss and share how to progress better safeguarding and to reduce adult abuse in all forms. At each meeting one member presents on actions they are taking to […]
