Issues and interventions for client
Consultation with the police took place in 12% (n = 170)
of cases with 10% (n = 150) resulting in a formal referral
to the police. Some level of legal consultation took place in130 cases (9%) with 60 (4%) proceeded to legal action, predominantly
barring and safety orders. Services were offered
to 84% of referrals (n = 1,237) with 74% (n = 1,085) availing
of them. Monitoring, home support and counselling
were the three commonest interventions (Table 2).
At least one possible/suspected health issue was identified
by the SCW in 862 cases (57%), predominantly physical
and mental health factors/dementia (Table 2). A health
issues was identified in 30% (n = 455) of alleged perpetrators,
most commonly mental health and alcohol issues,
with (16%) reporting carer stress or intellectual disability.