The Care Act 2014 and the Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) programme are likely to improve social workers’ approach to tackling domestic abuse between older adults, says the Local Government ...

The new government is being called on to set up an independent safeguarding authority to tackle harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation of adults. The call made by Safeguarding Ireland also wants such ...

Neglect is when a person does not look after the needs of someone under their care. It is a type of abuse. Other forms of abuse include physical violence and emotional abuse. The difference between ...