Unit 3 Health And Social Care Abuse Analysis

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There are many different types of abuse that could go in many health and social care settings. The definition of abuse by the Department of Health is that it is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any other person or persons. It is a big problem in care settings like homes for people with disabilities for example. There are many real life examples where all types of abuse have gone on. Examples of different types of abuse can be physical, sexual, psychological, discrimination, bullying and many more. All types of abuse have very negative effects on adults in health and social care settings which is why there are very strict rules and regulations however it somehow still manages to go on. The three types of abuse I am going…show more content…
Care workers will get used to each individuals behaviour and personality, therefore they should be able to notice if there’s a unusual change in their behaviour. This could be things like low self-esteem. This means they don’t really value themselves and aren’t motivated to change their lifes. This could mean that they are getting abused physically or mentally, removing their confidence and motivation for their life to be good again. A service user could also suffer from mood swings as a result of being abused. They could also be very submissive and passive. This may be because they want to keep their head down and don’t want to get into trouble in case they get punched. This could suggest they are being abused, particularly physically if the get physically punished for doing little things wrong like spilling a drink for example. They could also do the opposite and become very attention seeking, like kicking off when a care worker is trying to help them. Stress and stress related illness or problems could also indicate that someone is being abused. If a service user is suffering from insomnia, bowl problems, breathing difficulties etc. it may be caused by the stress and worry of being abused. The care workers would have to look very carefully into why they are suffering from things like this to be able to uncover the fact that they are being abused. Service users that show stress or resistance when getting bathed or undressed by care workers may also indicate that they are being sexually abused, especially if they haven’t acted like it before. They may also panic or flinch when someone raises their voice or when it gets loud if they are being physically abused as this may happen when care worker who is being abusive goes to hurt
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