
All employers and employees are required to act in accordance with the Care Act 2014. Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Abuse was given statutory footing within the Care Act (2014), which requires that health and social care professionals act on information that which gives reasonable grounds to suspect that an adult has been abused or neglected or is at risk of abuse or neglect.
Any abuse is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights. The 10 categories of Abuse identified within the Care Act 2014 are:
The Care Act (2014) states that Safeguarding duties apply to an adult who;
Protecting people's health, wellbeing and human rights enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect