by Ronan Cavanagh | Mar 19, 2020 | Home Page, News, News '20
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... 
by Ronan Cavanagh | Feb 16, 2020 | Home Page, News, News '20
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... 
by Ronan Cavanagh | Jan 29, 2020 | Home Page, News
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... 
by Ronan Cavanagh | Dec 11, 2019 | Home Page, News, News '19
December 11, 2019: Safeguarding Ireland has urged the enactment of new Adult Safeguarding legislation, to better protect vulnerable adults and reduce abuse. Speaking at high-level workshop today to launch and discuss a new report Falling Through the Cracks: The Case... 
by Ronan Cavanagh | Dec 4, 2019 | Home Page, News, News '19
December 4th, 2019: Safeguarding Ireland today welcomed the launch of new Standards to improve safeguards for adults using health and social care services, but said legislation and regulation are needed to underpin it. National Standards for Adult Safeguarding were... 
by Ronan Cavanagh | Nov 24, 2019 | Home Page, News '19
Monday, November 25, 2019: Need for much greater awareness of risks of financial abuse. Call for all adults to plan ahead to safeguard finances. Up to 20% of adults have experience of financial abuse, however many older adults still do not think that it could happen...
