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Today's chair:
Suzy Braye OBE
Emerita Professor of Social Work
University of Sussex
Safeguarding people who self-neglect: what works?
his session will draw on evidence from the presenter’s research (with David Orr and Michael Preston-Shoot) into effective practice in self-neglect; it will consider:
• the range and scope of self-neglect work nationally
• the challenges experienced in practice
• what goes wrong – findings from safeguarding adult reviews in cases of self-neglect
• what goes right - service users’ and practitioners’ perspectives on approaches that support positive outcomes
• effective interagency working in self-neglect
EXTENDED SESSION: Self Neglect & Covid-19
Wendy Proctor
Designated Nurse Adult Safeguarding
North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Sunderland)
• the impact of the pandemic on Self Neglect
• partnership working across health and social care
• identification of self-neglect
• managing risk and supporting a strengths based way of working to work together to identify meaningful solutions
• managing resistance to engage with services
• outreach to clinically vulnerable resident
• examples of good practice