Reporting a concern
Report 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
Further information about adult abuse and contact details
Reporting abuse procedure and process
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.