1. Unit 11 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Contexts of Abuse

2. You have 10 seconds to name…
5 places found on a
Monopoly Board

3. Recap …. What we have learned so far
Types of Abuse
Indicators of Abuse
What is a Vulnerable Adult

4. Where are people Abused
own home;
community care;
day care;
hospitals;
residential care, independent living;
Day care centres;
health services, eg GP surgeries, dental surgeries, physiotherapy
Contexts: people who are dependent on others for personal care; lack of mental capacity to consent to

5. Who is most at risk? people with learning disabilities,
physical disabilities;
ill health;
dementia;
people with
mental health needs;
people who are aphasic;
sensory impaired;
comatose or semi-comatose;
Older people
Aphasic – the inability to use or understand language

6. Contexts of Abuse
people who are dependent on others for personal care;
lack of mental capacity to consent to sexual relationships;
adults who do not have the social awareness that abuse has taken place;
adults who feel shame or fear of reporting;
communication difficulties;
discriminatory practice;
bullying within care services;
invasion of privacy;
relationships involving power;
social isolation