Unit 204

All organisations and people that work with, or come into contact with children should have safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure that every child, regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity, can be protected from harm. This includes hospitals, schools, private sector providers, sports clubs, faith groups and voluntary/community organisations.

Outcome 1 understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people.

Abuse and neglect can happen in ways that people surrounding may not be aware. This could be in the instance of a carer neglecting the service user by manual handling them roughly and

All employees have a duty of care to report any concerns of abuse they have. These might include evidence or suspicions of bad practice by colleagues and managers (whistleblowing), or abuse by another service user, staff or their family and friends.

Physical: is non-accidental use of force against any person that results in physical pain, injury, impairment or confinement. Signs of physical abuse are, injuries that are consistent with physical abuse, present of several injuries of a variety of ages, Injuries that have not received medical attention, a person being taken to many different places to receive medical attention, Skin infections, unexplained weight changes or medication being lost, behavior that indicates that the person is afraid of the perpetrator, change of behavior or avoiding the perpetrator.

* working with person centred values – these may include things that are specific to the individual, their rights and dignity should be respected at all times. Individuals have the values of any person in the world; rights, independence, privacy, dignity, choices for every aspect of life, partnership & individuality should all be respected in order for a person to have their own values met. If all these things are met for the individual, then the likelihood of abuse may be reduced due to the person being able to make his/her own decisions in everyday tasks E.G. choosing clothing/meals/activities. Each individual whether in care or not has the expectation to be listened to and their choices respected, if this is not done, then the

Neglect by others occurs when either a support worker or a family or friend carer fails to meet someone’s support needs as they do not realise its importance, or because they cannot be bothered, or choose not to provide it.

Sexual abuse is sexual activity that is deemed improper or harmful, as between an adult and a minor or with a person of diminished mental capacity.

Anyone can abuse a nursing home resident from their nurses to their own family members. There has only one been national study to try to explain who abuses residents more, according to the NCEA(2011), and at approximately 90% of them were abused by family members. Just as well abuse can occur anywhere from their own houses to nursing homes. According to a study from 2000, 2,000 residents were polled and 44% of them stated they had been abused. Other research from the NCEA states that persons with dementia are at a much higher risk for abuse. A study that had been conducted in 2010 revealed that 47% of elderly with dementia had been abused. Abuse definitely takes an impact on these people. Statistics, again from NCEA, have shown that elders who have been abused have a 300% higher risk of death over those not abused. They also have many more psychological and medical problems than a non-abused person.

Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social CareOutcome 1Know how to recognise the signs of abuseAbuse can often show as physical effects and

Self-neglect/Neglect is when a person/carer does not pay attention to their/service users health and well-being. Service users/Carers can neglect themselves/Service users due to illness or depression or might intentionally neglect themselves/service users. The signs and symptoms include: living in dirty conditions, poor personal hygiene, poor nutrition, not getting medical help, not being interested in the way they look, long toe nails not taking medication.

This essay will examine elder abuse and its role in our society. The definition of elder abuse and the different types of elder abuse will be examined. Additionally, literature that highlight legislative changes to current elder abuse laws and the origins of those laws will be examined. The paper will also discuss national reports of elder abuse statistics and the current status of elder abuse. Finally, recommendations based upon the information researched will be provided as a guide for the future.

Physical abuse is using physical force in a non-accidental way which results in bodily injury, pain or impairment.

Physical abuse involves the use of force by pinching, punching, slapping, scalding, hitting, kicking, burning or misuse of medication, restraint or inappropriate sanctions. It is a form of physical attack on an individual, it can also be a intentional neglect to prevent physical injury.

3.2 There is alot of agencies involved in safeguarding local authority adult social care services, these recieve safeguarding alerts, ensure action is taken to keep individuals/agencies involved. They also provide a support and advice. All agencies (police, gp 's,nhs,councils etc) these implement and work to the agreed safeguarding adults policies and procedures.They all cooperate and collaborate with other agencies to ensure the safety of adults at risk. They also ensure that all staff are trained to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse regularly.