Key legislations which govern safeguarding adults at risk of abuse
Key legislations which govern safeguarding adults work are:
Disability Discrimination Act 2010: The Disability Discrimination Act was governed to reduce the discrimination towards disabled people. The Act was passed in 1995 however it has been amended to improve its scope a number of times. The Act also allows carer to not make discrimination against the disabled adults which they are responsible for.
Data Protection Act 2003: Data Protection Act is a mandatory law that every health care professional should comply. This means that personal details of every individual should be kept secure and only the relevant healthcare stuff and the person itself (by asking) has to have an access to it. To those who are seeking to ask any personal data behalf of one should also needs a proof that allows the person to get the information needed. Therefore, if a relative of the elder person who is in a care home or any documents kept in the GP should not be told anyone without the permission of the adult.
Human Rights Act: This legislation is provided for people to have the rights of life such as: right to life, right to a fair trial, the protection of privacy to family and private life, right to education this is even if the child or person is challenging and they need extra support or need to go to a special school this should be put into place.
Mental Health Act 2007: The act applies to any individual who is ages 16 or over. The act came into force in 1983 and amended in 2007 in England and Wales and it aims to protect people that are not able to make decisions at the time or in the future. People with mental health problems, learning disabilities, brain injuries or stroke are protected by the act. This means that people with any of the above problems may find it difficult to make particular decisions and the act applies then to those who may want to make the decision on a later date. This act will secure the elderly in different ways that if they are to not make
Disability Discrimination Act 2010: The Disability Discrimination Act was governed to reduce the discrimination towards disabled people. The Act was passed in 1995 however it has been amended to improve its scope a number of times. The Act also allows carer to not make discrimination against the disabled adults which they are responsible for.
Data Protection Act 2003: Data Protection Act is a mandatory law that every health care professional should comply. This means that personal details of every individual should be kept secure and only the relevant healthcare stuff and the person itself (by asking) has to have an access to it. To those who are seeking to ask any personal data behalf of one should also needs a proof that allows the person to get the information needed. Therefore, if a relative of the elder person who is in a care home or any documents kept in the GP should not be told anyone without the permission of the adult.
Human Rights Act: This legislation is provided for people to have the rights of life such as: right to life, right to a fair trial, the protection of privacy to family and private life, right to education this is even if the child or person is challenging and they need extra support or need to go to a special school this should be put into place.
Mental Health Act 2007: The act applies to any individual who is ages 16 or over. The act came into force in 1983 and amended in 2007 in England and Wales and it aims to protect people that are not able to make decisions at the time or in the future. People with mental health problems, learning disabilities, brain injuries or stroke are protected by the act. This means that people with any of the above problems may find it difficult to make particular decisions and the act applies then to those who may want to make the decision on a later date. This act will secure the elderly in different ways that if they are to not make