The protection of vulnerable adults is an increasingly important issue right across health and social care. Safeguarding Adults and the Law now in its second edition, sets this complex area of work within a comprehensive legal framework and provides extensive guidance for practitioners and students. The book covers 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, manslaughter, murder, theft, fraud, sexual offences, data protection and the sharing of information. It focuses on how these areas of law apply to vulnerable adults, and brings together an extensive body of case law to illustrate this. Also covered is how local authorities and the NHS may themselves be implicated in the harm – through abuse, neglect or omission – suffered by vulnerable adults. This fully-updated second edition comprehensively reflects recent changes to the law, and includes many new case studies. This book will be an essential resource for all those working in community care, adult social work, health care and housing. Those working for local authorities, the NHS, voluntary organisations and students will find it to be essential reading.
Editorial Reviews
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Praise for the second edition:
‘Mandelstam has done it again! He has produced a readable and comprehensive text covering an important topic relevant to all in the care sector… Mandelstam’s clear writing style and extensive knowledge enable the reader to dip in and out as necessary. I would highly recommend this book as a reference guide and as a resource for teaching in higher education.’
— British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Praise for the first edition:
‘The safeguarding of vulnerable adults is a major area of work for protection and enforcement agencies, yet this is the first book to address the legal framework of such efforts. Particular emphasis is put upon issues concerning vulnerable adults harmed by abuse, neglect or omission. Case histories blend with community insights, as well as social and financial harm analysis, in a detailed, in-depth guide.’
— The Midwest Book Review
Case law, careful analysis and sound practice. This is an essential reference for all care home providers and home care agencies. — Caring Times
Overall, by keeping vulnerable adults at the forefront of this text and considering safeguarding law in context and from a broad perspective, Mandelstam has made Safeguarding Adults and the Law 2nd ed. Edition an indispensable text. Individual and organisational responsibilities are plainly laid out, and the dilemmas and uncertainties acknowledged… It is an excellent resource for those who have involvement with vulnerable adults in any capacity. Student will find this book with its clear discussions of a complex legal landscape, a vital too. — Polly Sykes, Teaching Fellow, University of York ― Journal of Social Work Practice
Book Description
Sets safeguarding adults within an extensive legal framework and provides many useful pointers for practitioners and students
About the Author
Michael Mandelstam provides independent legal training to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. In the past, he worked at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, and for a few years at the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.
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