Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an
accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity
and financial abuse. Drawing on evidence and contemporary examples from
practice this book will help readers understand the new landscape of
safeguarding adults since the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and
the introduction of Adult Safeguarding Boards. There are chapters on the
current political landscape of adult social work, specific issues and
contexts that make people vulnerable (social isolation, mental capacity,
dementia), and important methods of assessment and intervention. A range
of pedagogical features are also used to aid learning and understanding
including the use of case studies, reflection points, brief exercises
and further reading.