Safeguarding Ireland promotes safeguarding of vulnerable adults to protect them from all forms of abuse by persons, organisations and institutions and develop a national plan for promoting their welfare.
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Covid-19: Safeguarding Ireland highlights need to guard against increase in financial abuse
April 14, 2020: Public vigilance required in use of ‘Temporary Agents’ for banking and welfare payments Safeguarding Ireland today highlighted the need for public vigilance to guard against increased financial abuse during the Covid-19 crisis. Safeguarding Chairperson...
Covid 19 – Safeguarding Ireland highlights need to protect vulnerable adults amid heightened risks
March 19, 2020: Safeguarding Ireland today highlighted the need to protect vulnerable adults – amid a heightened risk of abuse resulting from the current Covid-19 crisis. Safeguarding Chairperson Patricia Rickard-Clarke said: “Necessary actions have been taken by...
80% have not considered where they would like to be cared for
February 17, 2020: 70% confused about decision-making when caring for frail adults I Call for more people to document their wishes on place of care 80% of adults have not thought, or talked about, where they would like to be cared for if they became seriously ill or...
Safeguarding Ireland welcomes move towards regulatory framework for adult safeguarding
January 29, 2020. Safeguarding Ireland today welcomed the publication of an Issues Paper on a regulatory framework for adult safeguarding by the Law Reform Commission. The Issues Paper considers a range of future regulatory models for adult safeguarding, such as the...
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Safeguarding Ireland does not deal with specific cases of abuse, or alleged abuse.
The HSE has a social work service that you can contact if you have a concern about a vulnerable adult who may be at risk of abuse. There are nine teams located throughout the country. You can find information on how to get in touch with them on the Contact page.
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