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A vulnerable adult, refers to a group of people who, due to mental or bodily disability, created due to Mutation and Systemic bias are unable to meet their needs effectively.
Adults can as well become vulnerable beceause of Disaster such as Economic warfare, systemic oppresion and political upheavals leaving the adults unable to meet their daily needs effectively.
Many vulnerable adults have suffered abuse,neglect and Social stigma the long-term effects of which may aggravate their vulnerability.
Vulnerable adults' cognitive impairment puts them at greater-than-usual risk of abuse (Domestic Abuse or institutional) and exploitation. Vulnerable adults are also at risk of self-neglect if they do not receive sufficient support.
Vulnerable adults often live in assisted living facilities or , depending on the degree of their vulnerability and the accessibility of such facilities. Adults who are vulnerable as a result of trauma may be offered trauma counselling.
Vulnerable adults sometimes have guardians - these are individuals with a legal right to make decisions on their behalf, such as those related to medical care and housing. Guardians may be family or friends, or they may be professionals who make decisions on behalf of many vulnerable people in exchange for their money.
In the law of England and Wales 'vulnerable adult' is loosely defined. Section 59 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 says:
1) A person is a vulnerable adult if he has attained the age of 18 and—In most parts of the world, the last section, (j), is what defines a vulnerable adult.(a) he is in residential accommodation,
(b) he is in sheltered housing,
(c) he receives domiciliary care,
(d) he receives any form of health care,
(e) he is detained in lawful custody,
(f) he is by virtue of an order of a court under supervision by a person exercising functions for the purposes of Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43),
(g) he receives a welfare service of a prescribed description,
(h) he receives any service or participates in any activity provided specifically for persons who fall within subsection (9),
(i) payments are made to him (or to another on his behalf) in pursuance of arrangements under section 57 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), or
(j) he requires assistance in the conduct of his own affairs.
People are starting to say 'adult at risk' or 'adult at risk of harm'Ann Craft Trust, Safeguarding Adults at Risk Definitions, accessed 21 October 2018 instead of 'vulnerable adult'.
In 2012, Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota signed a Bipartisanship bill for vulnerable adults which made abuse and neglect into felony offenses. The bill also increased the penalties for those who use restraints to harm children. worked with health care workers and the nurses union to craft the law. The Minnesota Nurses Association said: Before this law, the most severe charges were gross misdemeanors with no prison time. This law means that bodily injury carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison or up to $10,000 fine or both. On the other hand, partial or considerable bodily harm could bring up to five years in prison and/or up to $5,000 in fines.
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