Provisional report shows extent of alleged abuse of vulnerable adults in care and domestic homes

Provisional figures suggest around three in 10 cases of alleged abuse towards vulnerable adults reported to councils in 2010/11 took place in residential care homes, while about four in 10 took place in the adult’s own home.Of the 96,000 reported cases in England referred to councils’ Adult Safeguarding teams, 94,500 had key information recorded. Of those 94,500; 32,700 (35 per cent) related to alleged abuse taking place in a care home. while 39,300 (42 per cent) related to alleged abuse in the vulnerable adult’s own home8. Today’s NHS Information Centre report presents provisional