due to lack of staff or training within the care home. Self-neglect. The service user may be dirty, may be underweight. Neglect by others. dehydration due to lack of fluids.
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.
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. Neglect by Others; occurs when the needs of the individual is not met. Neglect can be passive or active. As a result of neglect people can become ill, hungry, cold, and dirty, injures or deprived of their right. Whether neglect is intentional or nor, the result is the deterioration of the individuals well being.
Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which the wrongdoer is responsible to provide care, for someone, who is unable to care for themselves but fails to provide adequate care to meet their needs. Neglect may include failing to provide sufficient supervision, nourishment, medical care or other needs that the individual may need. 1.2 Signs and symptoms may include- Physical abuse such as broken bones, bruises, pressure sores, abrasions, and burns, Sexual abuse-bruises around the breasts or genital areas, as well as unexplained bleeding around the genital areas, inappropriately dressed and sexual transmitted diseases, Emotional abuse- changes in behaviour, withdrawal from normal activities, and unusual depression, sleep disturbance, language being used that is not usual for the individual, low self-esteem or lack of confidence
Assignment 204 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Task A Physical abuse is where someone deliberately hurts or injures another person. Some examples of physical abuse are scratching, slapping, hitting, biting, restraint or inappropriate sanctions. Signs and Symptoms: unexplained bruises, burns or scalds, bite marks, broken bones, their behaviour may suddexnly change, become withdrawn, anxious, clingy, depressed, aggressive problems sleeping and flinching when approached. Sexual abuse is any non-consensual sexual contact, this can happen to men and women of any ages. This can include, rape, indecent exposure, inappropriate looking or touching, sexual photography, sexual harassment, sexual teaching or innuendos, or being subject to pornography or witnessing sexual 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. Emotional/Psychological abuse – Emotional abuse is the persistent emotional ill-treatment of a person causing servere and persistant adverse side effects on the persons emotional development , often by (1) Making them feel they are worthless or unloved. (2) Age-inappropriate or developmentally inappropriate expectations , causing the person to feel frightend frequantly. (3) The exploitation or corruption of the person. Financial abuse – This is another name for stealing or defrauding a person of goods and/or property.
This may include neglect, verbal abuse, psychological abuse. The service user may not be able to go out and their privacy not being respected for example their mail being opened without their consent. Signs and symptoms may include lack of their own
In a nursing home there is such a fixed routine that service users are unable to choose what they eat, when they eat, when they drink, what times of the day they are assisted to the toilet. this can cause an individual to become unable to make desitions for themselves and in worst cases unable to re adjust to life outside of an instituion. Self Neglect - An individual not looking after themsleves or treeting their own needs with respect causing there condition to deteriorate. Neglect by others - Purposefully not giving a person the care support they need when it is you’re responsabity to do so. 2.2 Signs and/or Symptoms Associated With Each Type of Abuse; Physical -Signs could include a persons mood deterierating becoming scared, jumpy and untrusting.
Broken bones, bruises, pressure marks, abrasions and burns * Sexual abuse a Change in behavioural. Bruising around the breast or genital area, also unexplained bleeding around the genital area and pregnancy * Emotional / Physchologic abuse change in behaviour and unusual depression. Lack of interest in social contacts * Financial abuse illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s money, property and valuables * Self-neglect a behavioural condition in which an individual neglects to attend to their feeding, cloths, personal hygiene, and a medical condition if they have one. * Neglect by other a passive form of abuse in which a person is responsible to provide care for someone who is unable to care for them self’s and fails to provide the care to meet there needs. Neglect may
Sexual abuse by a partner/intimate can include derogatory name calling, refusal to use contraception, deliberately causing unwanted physical pain during sex, without consent and to cause pain or humiliation. Emotional Abuse : One definition of emotional abuse is: "any act including confinement, isolation, verbal assault, humiliation, intimidation, infantilization, or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth Institutional abuse : Institutional abuse is the mistreatment of people brought about by poor or inadequate care or support, or systematic poor practice that affects the whole care setting. It occurs when the individual's wishes and needs are sacrificed for the smooth running of a group, service or organisation Self Neglect : Self-neglect is any failure of an adult to take care of himself or herself that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause within a short period of time, serious physical, mental or emotional harm or substantial damage to or loss of assets. Neglect by others : Adults are neglected when a caregiver does not provide the essential daily living needs of an adult dependent upon them, for things such as food, clothing, shelter, bathing, medication, health care, and doctor visits. Self-neglect happens when an adult can no longer take care of their own basic daily living needs.