The government has admitted it has a “limited” understanding of the abuse of disabled people at the hands of their carers and care workers in their own homes.

The government review calls for a “stronger” response to protect disabled and older people from the people who provide them with support at home.

The 86-page Safe Care at Home Review, which was published quietly this week, more than two years after ministers were pushed into carrying out the work by disabled peers, examines the gaps in the protection of adults who risk abuse in their own homes from paid and unpaid carers and care workers.

Source: Government admits to ‘limited’ understanding of home-based care abuse – Disability News Service