Hunt, K. (2014). Safeguard in Vulnerable Adults. Practice Nurse, 44(12), 28-33. Vulnerable Adults are in every kind of setting. In a person’s home, in hospital, nursing home, and even in public places. In these settings family members come and go. They also have those individuals who do not have any family or friends, but the main problem with vulnerable adults is that they depend on others to help with their daily needs. Perpetrators can easily pick that vulnerable adult and cause physical, sexual, financial, mental abuse, and neglect their needs causing harm. The role and responsibility for nurses is to be able to recognize the signs of abuse, and to teach those vulnerable adults. “The Department of Health has developed six safeguarding
