Self-Neglect Conference a
success
Practitioners from agencies
across the county came together to discuss self-neglect…
Last Tuesday (20th September) saw
professionals from across the adult safeguarding workforce come together for a
conference based on Self-Neglect. The conference focussed on looking at whether
some individuals are more inclined to self-neglect,
how to spot the signs and identify those at risk, and how to help those people
who won’t accept help.
Workshops
covered topics including how substance misuse can lead to self-neglect, and how
to handle cases where care is actively refused. The workshops looked
specifically at the picture here in Essex, and the work being done locally with
agencies to address self-neglect cases.
The
conference welcomed keynote speakers, Michael
Mandelstam, Health and Social Care Consultant who spoke about
Self-Neglect and the Law and Dr. David Orr Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sussex who
spoke about Self-Neglect and implications on practice. Danny Gatehouse,
Director of Your Living Room CiC also attended to speak about self-neglect
hoarding cases he had worked on. Danny
presentation gave a powerful message to professionals of the personal, social
and psychological damage that hoarding can have on an individual.
Feedback
from the conference included:
“well organised and gained valuable
knowledge to take forward in my practice”
“made me think about practice”
“event was useful and upgraded my
knowledge on hoarding”
Speaker presentations can be located below:
Keynote speakers
Michael Mandelstam - Self-Neglect and the Care Act 2014
David Orr - Self-Neglect Implications for Practice
Workshops
David Orr - Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews
Tom Nutt - Carer Self-Neglect
Emily Redmond - Unpaid Carers Findings
Penny Rogers - Capacity and Refusal of Care
Obi Unaka - Substance Misuse and Self-Neglect
More presentations to be added shortly.