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As defined in the psychology, sociology and social work fields, a vulnerable adult is any person who lacks the absolute ''most basic'' (as distinct from mid-level or typical level) human life skills by reason of not having learned them through the formative years of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. A vulnerable adult is unable, rather than unwilling, to properly learn or properly maintain these skills, and is usually completely without, and unable to obtain, any family, friends, acquaintances or other assistive persons in their lives to offer education or assistance in these areas (see: abandonment). To be classed as vulnerable, the adult's circumstances must be unable to be altered or improved by the adult's own individual actions without direct assistance from a more typical adult. The vulnerable adult must also be shown to be, on some significant level, a risk to him or her self if assistance is not provided. ==England and Wales== In the law of England and Wales a wide definition is applied to meet the standard of vulnerable adult. Section 59 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 states that: A person is a vulnerable adult if, having attained the age of 18, s/he — # is in residential accommodation, # is in sheltered housing, # receives domiciliary care, # receives any form of health care, # is detained in lawful custody, # by virtue of an order of a court, is under supervision per Criminal Justice Act 2003 sections regarding community sentences; # receives a welfare service of a prescribed description, # receives any service or participates in any activity provided specifically for persons who has particular needs because of his age, has any form of disability or has a prescribed physical or mental problem. (Dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia are excluded disabilities), # has payments made to him/her or to an accepted representative in pursuance of arrangements under Health and Social Care Act 2012, and/or # requires assistance in the conduct of own affairs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.morleycollege.ac.uk/assets/0000/1176/Safeguarding_Policy.pdf )〕 In most parts of the world, the last section is the usual headlining definition for a vulnerable adult, i.e. the adult is unable to function cognitively or to adequately undertake basic day-to-day functions without the help or oversight of someone not impaired in these ways. In Birmingham and the West Midlands, the term 'adult at risk' is preferred to 'vulnerable adult'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vulnerable adult」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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