Reporting a concern

What is abuse?

Abuse takes many forms. It includes:

any form of harm such as:
- hitting, injuring or restraining
- threatening, intimidating or humiliating
- sexual attention or activity that is not wanted
- keeping someone on their own
any form of neglect such as:
- not giving the correct medicine
- not providing food or clothing
- not arranging the right care
financial abuse such as:
- stealing or misusing money or property
- pressure about wills or inheritance
discrimination such as treating someone less favourably because of race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, disability or sexual orientation
domestic violence and abuse

The Multi-agency safeguarding adults policy and Multi-agency safeguarding adults procedures sets out the locally adopted procedures used by Dorset Council, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council and all the member agencies.