Safeguarding adults

​When to report an adult safeguarding concern
The definition of an adult at risk is when a local authority has a reason to believe that an adult in its area (whether ordinarily a resident or not) is:

in need of care or support (whether or not the authority is meeting any of those needs)
experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect
as a result of those needs unable to protect themselves against the abuse, neglect, or the risk of it