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All Wales risk identification checklist (RIC) and quick start guidance for domestic abuse, stalking and 'honour'-based violence
- Author:
- OLDER PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONER FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Older People's Commissioner for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This checklist provides a consistent and simple tool for practitioners who work with adult victims of domestic abuse in order to help them identify those who are at high risk of harm and whose cases should be referred to a multi-agency risk assessment conference meeting in order to manage their risk. Domestic abuse can take many forms but it is usually perpetrated by men towards women in an intimate relationship such as boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife. This checklist can also be used for lesbian, gay, bisexual relationships and for situations of ‘honour’-based violence or family violence including abuse of the older person. Domestic abuse can include physical, emotional, mental, sexual or financial abuse as well as coercive control, stalking and harassment. The document includes notes to help understand the significance of the questions on the checklist. (Edited publisher abstract)
Best practice guidelines for the management of frailty: a British Geriatrics Society, Age UK and Royal College of General Practitioners report
- Authors:
- TURNER Gillian, CLEGG Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Age and Ageing, 43(6), 2014, pp.744-747.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Older people are majority users of health and social care services in the UK and internationally. Many older people who access these services have frailty, which is a state of vulnerability to adverse outcomes. The existing health care response to frailty is mainly secondary care-based and reactive to the acute health crises of falls, delirium and immobility. A more proactive, integrated, person-centred and community-based response to frailty is required. The British Geriatrics Society Fit for Frailty guideline is consensus best practice guidance for the management of frailty in community and outpatient settings. (Publisher abstract)
Quick guide: Creating a positive safeguarding culture
- Authors:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This quick guide, aimed at registered managers of care homes, covers policy and procedure requirements with the aim of creating and maintaining a positive safeguarding culture. Safeguarding adults in care homes means protecting their right to live in safety and acting to prevent abuse and neglect. The Care Act 2014 and its statutory guidance outline what safeguarding arrangements all organisations should have in place, including a policy and procedure that reflect the local safeguarding arrangements. Safeguarding in care homes should also be informed by the Making Safeguarding Personal framework. (Edited publisher abstract)
Heatwave plan for England: supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: advice for health and social care professionals
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet is part of a national programme to reduce the health risks by alerting people to the dangers of severe heat and encouraging them to plan in advance what to do in the event of a heatwave. Heatwaves can happen with little warning and illness and death can occur within the first couple of days. This leaflet offers advice both on caring for people most at risk during a heatwave, and on organising others who provide care. Example advice cards for commissioners of health and social care, Directors of Public Health and health and social care staff are also included. (Edited publisher abstract)
Heatwave plan for England: supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: advice for care home managers and staff
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet is part of a national programme to reduce the health risks by alerting people to the dangers of severe heat and encouraging them to plan in advance what to do in the event of a heatwave. Heatwaves can happen with little warning and illness and death can occur within the first couple of days. This fact sheet contains action cards outlining the roles and responsibilities required of care home managers and staff at each level. (Edited publisher abstract)
Heatwave plan for England: supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: advice for health and social care professionals
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet is part of a national programme to reduce the health risks by alerting people to the dangers of severe heat and encouraging them to plan in advance what to do in the event of a heatwave. Heatwaves can happen with little warning and illness and death can occur within the first couple of days. This leaflet offers advice both on caring for people most at risk during a heatwave, and on organising others who provide care. Example advice cards for commissioners of health and social care, Directors of Public Health and health and social care staff are also included. (Edited publisher abstract)
Heatwave plan for England: supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: advice for care home managers and staff
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet is part of a national programme to reduce the health risks by alerting people to the dangers of severe heat and encouraging them to plan in advance what to do in the event of a heatwave. Heatwaves can happen with little warning and illness and death can occur within the first couple of days. This fact sheet contains action cards outlining the roles and responsibilities required of care home managers and staff at each level. (Edited publisher abstract)
COVID-19: guidance on social distancing and for vulnerable people
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
Government guidance on the measures everyone should take to reduce social interaction between people in order to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). The guidance also covers measures to protect older people and vulnerable people with certain long-term conditions. The guidance is intended for use in situations where people are living in their own homes, with or without additional support from friends, family and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Excess winter deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
This NICE guideline makes practice recommendations on how to improve the health and wellbeing of people vulnerable to the cold and reduce the health risks associated with living in a cold home. It aims to help meet a number of public health goals, including reducing preventable excess winter deaths, reducing pressure on health and social care services, improve the energy efficiency of homes and reducing fuel poverty. It includes recommendations on: developing a strategy for people living in cold homes; identifying people at risk from cold homes; ensuring there is a single-point-of-contact health and housing referral service; training health and social care practitioners to help people with cold homes; raising awareness among practitioners and the public of how to keep warm at home; and ensuring buildings meet required standards. The guideline is aimed at health, social care and voluntary sector practitioners; commissioners; and housing and energy supplies. (Edited publisher abstract)
Protection of older people in Wales: a guide to the law
- Author:
- WILLIAMS John
- Publisher:
- Older People's Commissioner for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 70
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This guide to the law seeks to clarify the legal framework around adult protection; its purpose is to help to make practitioners more aware of the law available to them in their day-to-day work. It focuses on older people, but is also relevant to those working with any adults at risk of harm. The guide examines a range of aspects associated with adult protection, including: human rights and risk of harm; capacity; deprivation of liberty; confidentiality and data protection; the criminal justice system; powers of entry and arrest; and the use of private law. Includes practice examples with a summary of some of the issues that arise in each of the studies. (Edited publisher abstract)