Discriminatory practices are very influential on the people that use health and social care services; I will explain these effects and give examples. (1) Marginalisation is when you feel like you are not liked within a group or in other words you don’t feel like you are a part of a group or society.In health and social care everyone should be treated equal and marginalisation is not allowed. An example of this is a youth worker excluding a homosexual teenager based on his sexuality. (1) Disempowerment is to make someone feel devalued this could happen to either an individual or groups. The victim could be discriminated by a valued group/individual or powerful group/individual.
This is just one example of the way men misuse texts in the Koran to justify the repression of women. This also shows how women are not told of the dangers in this because they are just women who don’t need to be educated. The only thing the doctors who try to help these women can do is tell them the dangers against genital mutilation and proceed with the surgery even if they decide to go through with it. After generations of this practice, many women were taught to believe it made you more beautiful and kept you from becoming a prostitute. The more knowledge gained of genital mutilation led to different reasons of have the procedure done, such as “keeping their daughter’s chastity” (37).
A person living with a carer may increase the chances of abuse, the elderly person is reliant on person to care for them and this may cause stress and resentment if the carer is unable to cope and have a poor relationship with the service user. Vulnerable adults in a care home environment are more susceptible due to understaffing or poor staff training. The risk of abuse may increase if a vulnerable person is living or in contact with someone who has a history of violence or sexual abuse, continuing the cycle. An individual who is or feels isolated may be more vulnerable to abuse as they have no support network and have no contact with friends and family. Poor communication between the service user and carer is a factor, he or she may be unable to express their concerns or opinions.
Some of the residents I’ve cared for, may have had a disability, but they were very manipulative. You have to keep in mind that you are not there to be a friend, but to assist them with daily living. I feel like the company did not properly train the employees, but at the same time, it’s common sense, and very easy to pick up on. One resident for instance, had an issue with spending money. She also had a nicotine addiction.
Sally McGraw (2013) quoted that, “often, feeling envious of someone stems from perceiving them to have something you wish you had yourself, or feel they don’t deserve.” This, in a sense is the root of insecurity and jealousy. Viewing through the lens of behavioral psychology/behaviorism, we can understand the issue concerning identical twin rivalry involving insecurity and jealousy. A personal interview was conducted separately to a pair of identical twins. Kate and Kaye namely, since childhood were conditioned to dress up similarly and own similar belongings; because of that, one could not simply distinguish them apart. Their upbringing brought the emergence of their problem of individuality.
Assess the effects on those using the service of three different discriminatory practices in health and social care settings. Setting: Elderly Care Home Infringement on rights Infringement on rights is when the basic human rights are taken away from people, causing discriminatory practice whereby they will almost certainly not be receiving a good quality of care. Dependant on what rights are being taken away can vary the physical development, an example being that if the service user was to lose out on their right not to be treated inhuman or degrading way. There are many ways in which this right can be infringed on, such as if they have been attacked physically or psychologically in any way, which can then cause a knock on effect, especially during later adulthood, causing their bodies to become weaker. Due to this stage in life their bodies are already at a higher risk of harm and if this right was to be broken it may speed up this physical developmental norm.
Feeling like this may lead the person to be paranoid towards telling staff personal information and may not receive the correct care if they do not tell staff their problems. Another effect present is marginalisation, the person may feel they have been marginalised because, due to prejudice they may receive different care and treatment to other patients or residents and because of this they may start to believe they are different to others and feel isolated because others are given better treatment to them. Restricted
Discriminatory practice in health and social care. Discrimination has many meaning and many different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as a person making a judgment against a service user by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be service users that are discriminated (out casted/left out) because they choose to be different, have a disability or different colour of skin or even religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice. There are many forms of possible discriminatory practice in Health & Social Care, for example: • Labelling or stereotyping people e.g.
Bullies may use bad personal hygiene as a way of abusing their victims, using social embarrassment as a weapon.Poor personal hygiene can have significant implications on the success of job applications or the chance of promotion; no company wants to be represented by someone who does not appear to be able to look after themselves.Many sufferers of mental illnesses like dementia or depression may need extra support and encouragement with their personal hygiene. Their carers should make sure that they have everything they need and assist them when permitted and when
[Citation needed] Teens are enclosed in their own world that generally consists of themselves and their close friends(?). Although itRef?may seem cruel and selfish, itsRef?natural, teens are not responsible for anyone but themselves. [Citation needed] With teens caught up in their fantasies of reality, they have a hard time including parents in their lives and demand privacy to be independent. [Citation needed] Parents are sometimes weak and allow teens to play with their minds. Teens can be often tricky by telling the parents that they can trust them and they can be responsible in the result of getting their privacy.