1a. Physical abuse – this is a type of abuse where you cause physical harm to an individual. A few examples of physical abuse are: punching, hitting, throwing items to deliberately injure another, burning, poisoning and shaking. 1b. Sexual abuse – This is a type of abuse that involves forcing another individual to participate in sexual activities.
Financial abuse Theft, Fraud, Exploitation, The misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or financial assets that have been placed in a persons trust. . Institutional abuse Not being given choice over daily decisions, Withholding information, Freedom to go out, Privacy and dignity are ignored, Personal affects and correspondence withheld or controlled by staff, Excessive doses of medication used to control behaviour and mood, Complaints ignored or deliberately doctored. . Self neglect Ignoring medical needs or advice, Failure to wash or bath, Isolate from support networks, Poor diet or refusal of food, .
Emotional/psychological abuse, this could be bullying, threatening behaviour, lowering self esteem, exploitation, verbal abuse and swearing. Financial Abuse, this could be theft of money or valuables, misappropriate use of a person's finances and denying access to a person's finances. Institutional Abuse, this could be the misuse of authority over a vulnerable person in a health and social care setting, failure to maintain professional boundaries, inappropriate use of medication, physical restraint, and lack of privacy, humiliation and bullying. Self-neglect, this could be self-harming behaviour like refusing to eat or drink, neglecting personal hygiene or toilet needs and actual body harm like cutting oneself. Neglect by others, this could be not taking care of the basic needs of an individual like toileting, washing, feeding and personal care.
· Behaviour designed to produce fear or insecurity. · Intimidation. · Being deprived of affection / contact / services. Financial abuse involves acquiring money or property by deception or using other peoples money or property
Change in behaviour. Emotional/Psychological Abuse: To speak or treat a person in a way that causes them distress or emotional pain. To ignore a person to cause them upset. Signs of this can be change in behaviour, become withdrawn. Financial Abuse: To take money or possessions from a person without their consent.
Physical abuse Is an act of physical bodily harm from one person/people to another. Intending to cause that physical harm injury and/or suffering. For example: Striking with an object, Slapping, kicking, punching, head butting, biting, poking, choking, shoving, pinching, back handing, elbowing, scratching, kneeing. ? Sexual abuse Is an act of forcing sexual activity onto another without consent and against their will.
However, self-neglect is also an issues, this would be when an individual fails to attend to their basic physical needs, by not washing and having bad personal hygiene, not washing their clothes, eating properly, or treating medical conditions correctly. 1.2 Here are the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse: * Physical- Bruises, broken bones, cuts, burns, and bite marks. * Sexual- a person can become reluctant to socialize, reluctant to be touched in any way, and also physical symptoms like pregnancy, soreness or discharge * Emotional- An individual may become withdrawn, anxious, clingy, depressed and
Signs and symptoms of this are loss of trust from the individual, conforming or submissive behaviour, disappearance of possessions, unable to pay bills and lack of food in the house. * Types of Institutional abuse are misuse of authority, failure to maintain professional boundaries, inappropriate use of medication, physical restraint and also bullying and discrimination. Signs and symptoms of this form of abuse are loss of self-esteem and confidence. Submissive behaviour and loss of control. * Self-neglect is when individuals engage in neglectful and self-harming behaviour including refusal to eat or drink.
1.1 Define the following types of abuse Physical abuse: Physical abuse may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning, or scalding, drowning, suffocating or anything that can cause harm to a child. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer falsifies the symptoms or may deliberately cause a child to have ill health; this can be known as Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy. Sexual abuse: sexual abuse involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in sexual activities, whether or not the child is aware of what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact, including penetrative (e.g. rape or beggary) or non-penetrative acts.
Define the following types of abuse: Physical Abuse Physical abuse is the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment, example of this are: hitting, kicking, shoving, slapping and shaking. Physical abuse can so be the inappropriate use of drugs, physical restraint, force feeding and physical punishment if any kind. Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another, is can be unwanted touching, sexual kissing, fondling, exposure of the genitalia and non-consensual verbal sexual demands. Sexual abuse can be touching in inappropriate areas, sexual assault and rape. Emotional/Psychological Abuse Emotional/Psychological abuse is causing anguish, pain or distress through verbal or non-verbal acts, such as; verbal assaults, insults, threats, intimidation, humiliation and harassment.