Seemingly mundane events may trigger symptoms/signs. For example, people with borderline personality disorder may feel angry and distressed over minor separations, such as vacations, business trips, or sudden changes of plans from people to whom they feel close. People with this disorder also may see anger in an emotionally neutral face and have a stronger reaction to words with negative meanings than people who do nto have te disorder. Borderline personality disorder is often viewed as difficult to treat. It can be treated effectively, and that many people with this illness improve over time.
Service users who have been sexually abused may start to self harm. factors contributing to an individual being more vulnerable to sexual abuse may include their age, for example how young or old the service user is, if the service user has mental health difficulties, this is because the service user may think the carer/support worker is being kind and they may not understand the difference from being sexually abused or not. Emotional/ psychological abuse Emotional and psychological abuse can vary from bullying, verbal abuse and/ or swearing and devaluing someone’s self esteem. Signs and symptoms of emotional and psychological abuse may be the service user may start to feel withdrawn because they will
* Sexual abuse: This is when the victim has not given consent to a sexual activity, or does not have the understanding or ability to refuse consent also they might feel forced by another person because of their authority of over them. * Emotional/ psychological abuse: This is when the victim experiences bullying, name calling, intimidation and mental cruelty that results in them experiencing mental or physical distress. * Financial abuse: This is when the victims’ money or personal processions are not used for their benefit but are used by another person for personal gain. * Institutional abuse: This is when the needs of the victim are overridden by a situation or routine that ignores their personal needs. * Self neglect: This is when a service user is unable to care for themselves and can also be a result of physical and mental health issues.
Sexual abuse happens when a service user is involved in sexual activities that he/she doesn’t understand, have not consented or which violate the sexual taboos of family custom and practice Signs: soreness, bruising or bleeding around the genital area, the service user may withdraw from us when we touch them or they may hit us in an attempt to protect themselves. Emotional/Psychological abuse relates to any action that damages an individual’s mental well-being and development, causing him/her emotional distress, e.g. verbal abuse, including badgering, coercing, provoking or frightening actions or making someone undertake or witness acts which are personally distasteful Signs: the service user may be distressed, frightened, nervous, irritable or very withdrawn and reluctant to hold a conversation. Financial abuse is the misuse of an individual’s money or personal possessions or any resources of a vulnerable person. Signs: the service user may appear worried, irritable, frighten to engage in conversation because of the pressure he/she is facing.
Forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults Types of abuse Abuse is mistreating another person by violating a person’s human and civil rights. The abuse can vary from treating someone with disrespect in a way which significantly affects the person's quality of life, to causing actual physical suffering. Abuse can happen to anyone, even in a healthcare setting such as, a residential or nursing home, a hospital, at a day care centre or an education environment, in supported housing or in the street. Vulnerable people are more at risk of being abused, such as people with learning, sensory or physical disability, older people who are more dependent on help from others. People with mental health problems or with dementia.
Some facts also may indicate that some aids are substance abusers, A person under the influence of drugs or alcohol can potentially harm themselves or others. A common problam is lack of training in treating or giving care to people with certain conditions such as dimentia,alzheimers,depression, Even if willing to help, A carer can end up performing abuse acts perhaps because they are under authority to attend a service user in a way they do not know. Maybe staff were to busy rushing and not concentrating and giving full one on one care to that service user.another factor could be that the care staff were working in poor conditions such as not enough equiptment or poor lighting. i think maybe that there also could of been communication barriers between staff and service users or management and staff and matybe staff did not fully understand what they were doing was wrong. besides the above reasons there are many other triggers of
Physical abuse - there may be a change in their personality, very jumpy and unexpected injuries. Sexual abuse - the individual being abused may behave out of character, acting out around certain individuals, withdrawn and possible confined to own room. Also sexual transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Institutional abuse - this could manifest its self as outcries or concerns from the individual and the carers and/or parents, There is also malpractice occurring and no whistle blowing policy in place. Self neglect - Some of the signs would be poor personal care and hygiene, there cloths might be dirty, they
Their unwillingness to complain may be due to: Harassment and/or Threats of what will happen if anything is said. Emotional Abuse This may also mean that a person can appear withdrawn because of their abuse, which may amount to: Threats Humiliation Racial It is very difficult in these circumstances to find out the cause of their distress, so very careful and gentle questions need to be asked if one is to find out the cause. Financial abuse This means that someone has had money taken from them, perhaps on a regular basis. The victim may even have been told and believe that they have to give the money as they owe it. Depending on the circumstances, this can either be theft or fraud and is a criminal offence.
This can make a person an easy target for an abuser, this is because the person with dementia may not have the capacity to understand what they are being told to do or they may not have the cognitive ability to remember what has happened to them. There could be factors for the abuser which could include the abuser having lack of training and practice. Sometimes personal issues can play a massive part which could include the carer/abuser being stressed or having a history of abuse and continuing the cycle. There are many factors that may make a person more vulnerable to abuse. The factors include low self-esteem or self
Drug and alcohol abuse is strongly associated with abuse and neglect, someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol is more likely to become an abuser than someone who does not have these problems. Someone may turn to alcohol or drugs to help them cope with stress but these substances make people let go of inhibitions and do things they may not normally do, doing things on impulse rather than thinking things through and thinking of the consequences. On the other hand someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol but doesn’t have the money to get them may become aggressive and lash out and physically hurt close family members or they may steal from elderly relatives who can’t defend them leading to a financially abusive