P3: Describe the potential effects of discriminatory practice on those who use health or social care services. Include the following and look at how they can result in a loss of right: Marginalisation is one of the effects of discriminatory practice. It is a social division of some people from the large society. People are separated from the society because of their age, disability, culture or social class. If people are separated from the society they will feel isolated and could lead to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, financial problems and/or health problems.
In health and social care settings someone could start using health and social services and they already have low self-esteem or those using the services could make them have low self-esteem. An example of this is an emotional teenager being targeted and bullied which would result in them having low self-worth or best known as low self-esteem. (1) Self-identity is how you view yourself away from cultural groups or society as a whole. In health and social care services you have to recognise and respect everyone own individual identities. You could be a what society calls it a Goth and you could be in a sexual hospital and the nurse seeing you has to accept how you present yourself and respect your individuality.
The organisation could also be fined by not complying with the law which would have a negative effect with exposure in the media. Organisations would have a reduction in patient and public confidence and so their reputation would be affected and patients would choose to have their care else where. Members of staff would also have a decrease in confidence with the organisation and their stress levels will increase. On the individual: This could cause further complications to their primary condition increasing their recovery time and possibly giving them a lengthy stay in a hospital setting. Patients may be forced to stay off work which will lead to a loss of earnings putting more stress on the individual and their families, possibly leaving a patient needing treatment for depression.
Social isolation, poor housing, unemployment and poverty are all linked to mental ill health. So stigma and discrimination can trap people in a cycle of illness. The situation is exacerbated by the media. Media reports often link mental illness with violence, or portray people with mental health problems as dangerous, criminal, evil, or very disabled and unable to live normal, fulfilled lives. 2.2 How mental illness can have an impact on the individual: Psychologically: - person may become paranoid and therefore exclude him or her self -person may become paranoid and therefore hurt others who she/he fears will try to hurt him/her -person may become isolated and therefore out of touch with other people and reality in general -person may feel unloved even if it is not true -person may feel like he/she is a threat to society and therefore attempt suicide emotionally: -person may feel isolated, unloved, paranoid, panicked and non-human (read Francis Kafka's The Metamorphosis)
* Define Indirect and Direct discrimination. Indirect discrimination is unfairness that may occur when certain conditions imposed on an individual have an unfavourable impact. It occurs when a condition applied equally to everyone can be achieved by a smaller number of people within that population. Where an employee or prospective employee is less favourably treated because of their race, sex, marital status (including civil partnerships), religion, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity. * Describe both direct and indirect discrimination that may occur in an adult social care setting.
Also if the person is hospitalised or needs surgery, poisoned from wrong medication, shock and disbelief. If someone is being physically abused then the effects are going to be mainly physical, such as bruising and cuts. There are also Long term effects. Abuse is a major source of stress and can have long-term effects on the health and well-being of older adults. The stress of abuse could trigger chest pain or angina, and may be a factor in other serious heart problems.
Investigations into these matters imply that LGBTQ individuals experience many of their problems due to societal stigma, discrimination, and denial of basic human rights. Due to the realities of how the LGBTQ population is treated in society, they are associated with high rates of psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, and suicide (American Psychological Association, 2008). According to (CDC), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(2011), “Stigma and discrimination persist in the U.S. and negatively affect the health and well-being of gay, bisexual, and other member of the LGBT community. Stigma and discrimination are social determinants of health that can affect physical and mental health,”
Workers are susceptible to different work- related differences, which can create burnout. Burnout is condition of physical, mental, or emotional exhaustion, which is caused by unnecessary and monotonous anxiety from attachment to individuals in sensitively challenging circumstance. Burnout is compiling of three key issues: emotional fatigue, feelings of little personal achievements with customers, and an awareness of depersonalization thoughts. Suffer exhaustion should be averted for the fact that it has a momentous outcome on human services workers, consumers, and even corporations. Available is a big catalog that can be categorized into sets of what causes burnout.
For example, the Carers of disabled older people may need to seek residential respite placements due to barriers experienced in accessing local facilities. Lastly, anti-discriminatory practice is a means of demonstrating respect towards others that forms the basis of trusting working relationships. Discrimination involves a range of processes and takes place on a number of levels: personal, cultural and structural (Thompson 2001). On a personal level, discrimination is evident through personal prejudice. An example would be the use of derogatory racist language or assumptions, such as ‘all fat people are stupid or
Three aspects of burnout are emotional exhaustion, negative, cynical attitudes and feelings about one’s clients and the tendency to evaluate oneself negatively with regards to one’s work with clients. Consequences of burnout can have serious consequences to staff, patients and the healthcare institutions involved. The studies conducted led to the development of the Maslach Burnnout Inventory