Safeguarding: A Case Study

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Principles of safeguarding & protection in health & social care 1.1 Physical – Hitting, slapping, kicking Sexual – Unwanted advances, indecent exposure, harassment Emotional – Intimidation, blaming Financial – stealing money, not giving the correct change Institutional – When a person is not treated as an individual Physical abuse injuries or bruising injuries that have not received medical attention a person being taken to numerous places for medical attention skin infections dehydration or unexplained weight changes behaviour out of the ordinary Sexual abuse sexually transmitted diseases or infections tears or bruising in the genital/anal areas soreness when sitting signs that…show more content…
There were 19 deaths, all unexplained. A serious case review has now opened up into the elderly residents deaths. The coroner, Miss Penelope Schofield has spoke & said that neglect contributed to at least 5 of these deaths. On investigating the coroner found that one of the residents medical documents had been falsified & she had been given too much of the blood thinning drug warfarin. The manager Meera Reed had earlier denied ordering staff to shred documents & filling in more forms to cover up the overdose. A member of staff who used the whistle blowing policy & also family members that had seen poor practice taking place when they had visited their family members, have spoke out on some of the things that were going on at the home such…show more content…
4.1 Working with person centred values; by using person centred planning values, i get to no the service user in detail, knowing their preferences, their character, their family circle & contacts, therefore I would be aware of changes to the residents & pick up on risks, before they happen. Encouraging active participation; by doing this I am involving the resident & building up a trusting relationship. I encourage the resident to express their needs, and therefore the resident may be more inclined to speak to me if they were concerned about anything. Promoting choice & rights; by doing this with residents I am encouraging them to speak up & voice their concerns. I am also informing them of their rights, empowering them to say to anything they felt was unacceptable. 4.2 By having an accessible complaints procedure I am encouraging the residents to speak up about any issues they may have. They will not feel threatened or guilty about making a complaint & not have fear of repercussions. If the complaints procedure is easily accessible then the residents will no what to do in the event of a complaint, who to complain to & what will happen

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