Abuse and Care Quality Commission
Principles of safeguarding and protecting in health and social care.
Describe in your own words what is meant by the following types of abuse.
Physical abuse
Physical abuse is defined as the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment. If anyone slaps, pinches, pushes someone else also throwing things at someone, if unexplained bruises appear or black eyes.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.
Emotional/psychological abuse
Emotional or psychological abuse is any action which has an adverse effect on an individual's mental well-being, causes suffering and effects their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential.
Isolating someone from seeing their family or friends or making them go without, not listening to the person talking to you.
Financial abuse
Taking people’s money without consent, misuse of elders bank account,
Stealing cash from them, taking things from their room/ home.
Institutional abuse
Institutional Abuse occurs where the routines and regimes within care settings deny
People rights, choices and opportunities
Self-neglect
Self-neglect is any failure to take care of yourself, that
Causes, or is likely to cause, serious physical, mental or emotional harm.
Neglect by others
Neglect is not providing reasonable, appropriate or agreed care or a failure to act in a way that any reasonable person would act.
Aii) Identify signs and symptoms of the different types of abuse.
Physical abuse.
Unexplained bruises, welts or new scars.
Broken bones, sprains or dislocations
Giving to much medication or not enough, not giving any medication at all.
Being restrained, rope marks around wrist area.
Sexual abuse
Loss of sleep
Unexpected or unexplained change in behavior
Bruising
Soreness around the genitals
Torn, stained or bloody underwear
Sexually transmitted
Describe in your own words what is meant by the following types of abuse.
Physical abuse
Physical abuse is defined as the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment. If anyone slaps, pinches, pushes someone else also throwing things at someone, if unexplained bruises appear or black eyes.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.
Emotional/psychological abuse
Emotional or psychological abuse is any action which has an adverse effect on an individual's mental well-being, causes suffering and effects their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential.
Isolating someone from seeing their family or friends or making them go without, not listening to the person talking to you.
Financial abuse
Taking people’s money without consent, misuse of elders bank account,
Stealing cash from them, taking things from their room/ home.
Institutional abuse
Institutional Abuse occurs where the routines and regimes within care settings deny
People rights, choices and opportunities
Self-neglect
Self-neglect is any failure to take care of yourself, that
Causes, or is likely to cause, serious physical, mental or emotional harm.
Neglect by others
Neglect is not providing reasonable, appropriate or agreed care or a failure to act in a way that any reasonable person would act.
Aii) Identify signs and symptoms of the different types of abuse.
Physical abuse.
Unexplained bruises, welts or new scars.
Broken bones, sprains or dislocations
Giving to much medication or not enough, not giving any medication at all.
Being restrained, rope marks around wrist area.
Sexual abuse
Loss of sleep
Unexpected or unexplained change in behavior
Bruising
Soreness around the genitals
Torn, stained or bloody underwear
Sexually transmitted