Safeguarding adults at risk

Safeguarding adults means making sure that adults at risk are protected from abuse. 

An adult at risk is a person aged 18 or over who is or may be in need of community care services by reason of: 

• mental disability
• physical disability
• learning disability
• age
• illness
• frailty

and who is or may be unable to take care of him or herself, or unable to protect him or herself against significant harm or exploitation.