• People with a learning disability. • People who are frail and/or experiencing a temporary illness. What is abuse? Abuse can be any act or neglect that harms another person. Something that occurs just once or something repeated many times.
1.2 Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse. Physical abuse e.g. bruising, bite marks, burn marks, changes in behaviour, can lead to death in extreme cases; Sexual abuse e.g. disturbed behaviour including self-harm, inappropriate sexualised behaviour, repeated urinary infections, depression, loss of self-esteem, impaired ability to form relationships; Emotional abuse e.g. loss of self-esteem and self-confidence, withdrawn; Financial abuse e.g.
.1. Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1. Define the following types of abuse: • Physical Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Emotional / Psychological Abuse • Financial Abuse • Institutional Abuse • Self Neglect • Neglect By others Answer: Physical Abuse; is abuse involving contact intended to cause feeling of intimidation, injury or other physical suffering bodily harm. Sexual Abuse; also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another. Emotional /Psychological Abuse; is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another behaviour that may result in psychological trauma including anxiety, chronic depression.
Broken bones, bruises, pressure marks, abrasions and burns * Sexual abuse a Change in behavioural. Bruising around the breast or genital area, also unexplained bleeding around the genital area and pregnancy * Emotional / Physchologic abuse change in behaviour and unusual depression. Lack of interest in social contacts * Financial abuse illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s money, property and valuables * Self-neglect a behavioural condition in which an individual neglects to attend to their feeding, cloths, personal hygiene, and a medical condition if they have one. * Neglect by other a passive form of abuse in which a person is responsible to provide care for someone who is unable to care for them self’s and fails to provide the care to meet there needs. Neglect may
Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexual they don’t want to do. Sexual assault is a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat. Signs of Sexual abuse could be nightmares, insomnia, fear of things associated with the abuse,(including objects, smells, places, visits to the doctors, or a particular person), depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, sexual dysfunction, chronic pain, addiction, self-injury, somatic complaints, and suicidal ideation. Psychological abuse, also referred to as emotional abuse or mental abuse is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behaviour that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Emotional abuse is any kind of abuse that is emotional rather than physical in nature.
Unit 5: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care 1.1/1.2 There are many different types of abuse and they all result in behaviour towards a person that deliberately or intentionally cause harm. It is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights and in the worst cases can result in death. Victims may suffer severe neglect, injury, distress and/or depression and people without capacity are particularly vulnerable. There are types of abuse that are not listed below such as discriminatory abuse and cultural abuse. Other types of abuse along with their signs and symptoms are as follows: Type of abuse | Definition | Signs and symptoms | Physical | Physical injuries can occur where there is no satisfactory explanation, definite knowledge, or a reasonable suspicion that injury was inflicted with intent, caused through lack of care by the person having custody, charge or care of that person.
They may also include involving the person to look at or be in the production of pornographic material or encourage them to behave in sexually inappropriate ways. Emotional/Psychological abuse – Emotional abuse is the persistent emotional ill-treatment of a person causing servere and persistant adverse side effects on the persons emotional development , often by (1) Making them feel they are worthless or unloved. (2) Age-inappropriate or developmentally inappropriate expectations , causing the person to feel frightend frequantly. (3) The exploitation or corruption of the person. Financial abuse – This is another name for stealing or defrauding a person of goods and/or property.
Abuse is treating someone with disrespect in a way which significantly affects the individual's quality of life. Abuse is the control by a person of an individual using fear, violence, or intimidation. Abuse is the mistreatment by any person that violates an individual's human and civil rights. Abuse is a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring in any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to a vulnerable individual. 1.1 Know the main types of abuse.
Sexual, self-harm, inappropriate sexual behaviour, depression, unable to form relationships. Emotional, being withdrawn, the loss of self-confidence or self-esteem. Actions To Take If You Suspect Abuse If I suspect abuse through noticing a sign of physical abuse or change in the behaviour of an individual, I will make sure that I ask the individual what has happened telling the individual the changes that I have noticed. If it is in my place of work and the name of the person that abused the
* genital itching, soreness or having a sexually transmitted disease * using bad language * not wanting to be touched * behaving in a sexually inappropriate way * changes in appearance Neglect or acts of omission including: Withdrawing or not giving the help that a vulnerable adult needs, so causing them to suffer Possible signs: * having pain or discomfort * being very hungry, thirsty or untidy * failing health Discriminatory abuse including: Abusing a person because of their ethnic origin, religion, language, age, sexuality, gender or disability Possible signs: * the person is not receiving the care they require * their career is over critical or makes insulting remarks about the person * the person is made to dress differently from how they wish Institutional abuse: Abuse or mistreatment by an organization or by any individual within a building where the person is living or receiving care Possible signs: * the person has no personal clothing or possessions * there is no care plan for them * he or she is often admitted to hospital * there are instances of professionals having treated them badly or unsatisfactorily or acting in a way that cause harm to the