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Safeguarding Adults At Risk: Critical Commentary On The Construction Of The Adult At Risk In Ireland, Susan Flynn
Safeguarding Adults At Risk: Critical Commentary On The Construction Of The Adult At Risk In Ireland, Susan Flynn
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Sociocultural constructions of the adult at risk prompt important theoretical and practical implications for adult safeguarding. Reformulations of the meaning of practice with adults at risk have been provoked by legislative, policy and procedural changes underway in the Irish context. These include the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act (2015) with corresponding changes regarding informed consent and mental capacity; long anticipated ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD) (United Nations, 2006); and advancement of the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017. The concern is that procedural, legislative and policy advancement must not outpace critical …