CT298 Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care. 1.1 Define the following types of abuse.. - Physical abuse - Sexual abuse - Emotional/Psychological abuse - Financial abuse - Institutional abuse - Self neglect - Neglect by others Physical abuse – May involve hitting , shaking , throwing , poisoning , burning or scalding , drowning , suffocating or anything that causes physical harm to a person. Sexual abuse – Involves forcing or enticing a person to take part in sexual activities,whether or not the person is aware of what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact , including penetrative or non-penetrative acts. They may also include involving the person to look at or be in the production of pornographic material or encourage them to behave in sexually inappropriate ways.
b) Sexual abuse is when a person is forced or tricked into sexual activity or when sexual contact is non- consensual. Signs and symptoms may include bruises around breasts or genitals, unexplained bleeding or bloody underwear. The person may appear fearful or withdrawn from people. c) Emotional/psychological abuse is when a person has power and control over another person through words and gestures which eventually undermines the person’s self-respect. This can be done by name calling, making threats or screaming at them.
Unit 5 – Principles of safeguarding in Health and Social Care 1. Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse: Is one or more episodes of aggressive behaviour, usually resisting in physical injury with possible damage to internal organs and the central nervous system. Sexual abuse: The forcing of unwanted sexual activity by one person on another. Emotional/Psychological abuse: Is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behaviour that may result in psychological trauma, anxiety and depression. Financial abuse: Taking money without the persons consent or without the appropriate legal authority.
PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE – Level 2 1.1 a) Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury, pain or impairment. Both old and young people can be physically abused. There are signs or indicators to show physical abuse and there are ways in which victims and abusers act or interact with each other. Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings, being pushed or shoved, being held against your will, slapped, bitten, kicked, pinch, punch, choked or ducked under water, threatened or hurt with a weapon, threats of violence, locked in or out of the house, hair pulled, burnt with cigarettes, acid, an iron, hot food or water. b) Sexual abuse is when a person is forced or tricked into taking part in any kind of sexual activity.
Unit 205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in Health and Social Care. Outcome 1 Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 And 1.2 Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Some examples of physical abuse are; scratching, punching, biting, strangling or kicking. If a service user is being physically abused they might display symptoms such as depression, emotional distress, unusual aggressive behaviour, become withdrawn, unexplained bruising, or suicidal ideation. Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexual they don’t want to do.
Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care [1] Know how to recognise signs of abuse Define the following types of abuse Physical abuse Involves contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury or other physical suffering or bodily harm. It can include shoving/pushing slapping, pulling hair, restraint, pinching,scratching beating bruising. Sexual abuse Is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person[s] on another it can include touching inappropriate parts of the body without informed agreement, sexual exploitation, sexual penetration of any part of the body. Emotional/physiological abuse May involve threats or actions to cause mental or physical harm,it can take the form of humiliation, isolation, shouting/swearing, racial abuse,constant teasing or poking fun. Financial abuse Is the illegal or unauthorised use of a persons property, money, pension or other valuables, it can include persuading others to make financial decisions which are not in their interest or refusing assess to their own money.
Emotional /Psychological Abuse; is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another behaviour that may result in psychological trauma including anxiety, chronic depression. Financial Abuse; is the misuse of a person’s money, property or asset’s through theft or fraud. Many adults are very venerable to financial abuse, mostly those who may have little understanding of money. Institutional Abuse; is the mistreatment of people brought about poor or inadequate care or support or systematic poor practice that affects the whole care setting. Self Neglect; is a behavioural condition in which an individual neglects to attend to their basic needs, such as personal hygiene, appropriate clothing, feeding or tending appropriately to any medical conditions they have and generally not taking care of them self.
Sexual abuse involves forcing someone to take part in a sexual act without his or her consent. Sexual abuse may include touching, forcing an individual to watch pornographic materials, or actual sexual penetration. People who have been sexually abused have more tendencies to smoke, drink, or use drugs, have low self-esteem, develop eating disorders, consider suicide, and become abusers
PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. 1.1 Physical abuse is involving contact planned to cause bodily harm, feelings of intimidation, other physical suffering or injury. Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another. Emotional/psychological abuse may involve threats or actions to cause mental or physical harm .humiliation, violation. Financial abuse is illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s money, property, their pension or other valuables that they own.
Child Sexual Abuse The author defines child sexual abuse as, “any sexual conduct or contact of an adult or significantly older child with or upon a child for the purposes of the sexual gratification of the perpetrator” (Hornor, p. 359, 2010) When a child is being sexually abuse it involves bother touching and non-touching behavior. Some examples of these behaviors includes but are not limited to: fondling of breasts, genitialia, or buttocks under or on top of clothing, exposure to pornography or adults engaging in sexual activity, or oral, anal, or vaginal penetration. (Hornor, 2010) These behaviors can take place by family member, or close family friends take place more than abuse by strangers. A study done by Bahali et al., (2010) a devastating majority 66.3% of the victims has been abused by an individual familiar and trusted; leaving only 33.7% that had been abused by a stranger. Child sexual abuse has not become