This section provides an explanation of definitions and terms that appear throughout this APPP resource. Where a word is highlighted in a chapter, hover over the link and the explanation will appear in a box next to the word.
- Abuse
- Adult experiencing, or at risk of abuse or neglect
- Adult Safeguarding
- Adult Social Care referral
- Assessment notice
- Attorney (also known as a donee with lasting power of attorney)
- Authorised person
- Best Interests
- Business failure
- Care and support
- Care and support plan
- Care costs
- Care Programme Approach
- Care Quality Commission
- Carer
- Co-production
- Commissioning
- Continuing healthcare
- Continuity of care
- Court of Protection
- Deaf
- deaf
- Deprivation of liberty
- Deputy (also known as a Court Appointed Deputy)
- Disability
- Discharge notice
- Diversity
- Domestic abuse
- Duty of care
- Duty to Enquire
- Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan
- Eligibility criteria
- Eligible needs
- Emergency Duty Team
- Enquiry (Safeguarding Enquiry)
- Female genital mutilation
- Financial information and advice
- Forced marriage
- Health and Wellbeing Boards
- Independent Advocate
- Independent financial information or advice
- Independent living
- Integrated Care Board
- Integrated Care System
- Lasting Power of Attorney
- Learning disability
- Liberty Protection Safeguards
- Likely Need
- Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP)
- Market Position Statement
- Mate Crime
- Mental health
- Multi-disciplinary team
- National Referral Mechanism
- Neglect
- No reply
- Nominated person
- Oliver McGowan mandatory training
- Organisational abuse
- Preventative services
- Prevention
- Primary care
- Provider
- Public interest
- Reasonable adjustments
- Regulated Activity
- Regulated financial advice
- Relevant partners
- Rights
- Risk assessment
- Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB)
- Safeguarding Adults Review
- Safeguarding Plan
- Section 42 enquiry
- Shared Lives
- Significant Benefit
- Signposting
- So-called honour based abuse
- Social worker
- Stakeholders
- Substantial difficulty
- Temporary duty
- Top ups
- Transfer Review and Support Plan
- Transition assessment
- Universal services
- Unmet need
- Wellbeing
