Vulnerable adults also need our protection

The abuse of adults must be addressed in the same way as for children to offer help where needed but also respecting individual autonomy, writes Colette Kelleher.

For some, abuse and neglect are unfortunately every day and ordinary.

Abuse comes in many forms and from many quarters — €50 pinched from the weekly pension, extra pills in the daily dose, chemical restraint to keep a person quiet. A fist to the face in the place of words.