Health And Social Care Level 3 Unit 2 P2
South Thames College
Unit 2: Equality and Diversity
Bianca Palas
P2P3M1 | 1319936
Report by:
Bianca Palas
Aim:
My aim for this report is to be able to identify the discriminatory practices based on three different true-to-life scenarios. I also intend on exploring into further details the possible effects of the discriminatory practices that has been done on the elderly people involved in the three different situations.
The three major types of discriminatory practice I will be focusing on discussing and assessing in this report are the following:
1. Infringement of rights means breaching and disrespecting someone’s human rights or neglecting one person’s legal entitlement. An individual whose rights have been taken away may feel …show more content…
devalued, depressed and very sad which then may lead to affecting their health at some point.
2. Bullying means intimidating, targeting and overpowering an individual by the use of threat, physical force, name calling and a lot more.
Bullying more often than not, takes place repetitively which then makes and leaves a huge impact on an individual’s entirety.
3. Abuse means causing harm and/or injuries to an individual through a variety of unnecessary behaviours and acts. A few types of abuse are the following: (1) Verbal Abuse (2) Psychological Abuse (3) Physical Abuse (4) Sexual Abuse (5) Neglect/Fail proper care (6) Hate Crimes.
Findings: Updated on 5th October 2013 (BBC NEWS: Nurse ‘abused’ elderly residents at Burnley care home) Lancashire care home. [Infringement of rights]
A nurse named Bilquees Ahktar abused elderly residents in a Lancashire care home through breaching their rights. Ms Ahktar is facing twelve charges of misconduct in 2010. She did a variety of unacceptable behaviour whilst she was taking care of the elderly residents. One of the things she has done before was trying to force medication into a male patient’s mouth which already clearly shows that she is taking away the right of the elderly from having choices and preferences in terms of medication. The incident also proves that Ms Ahktar is not giving the elderly the right to be respected. This is only one of the misbehaviours she …show more content…
has acted upon and there are a ton more. These two rights that have been taken away from the elderly man could have affected him in a lot of ways. The elderly resident/patient could have felt physical pain whilst the nurse was using physical force on him during the unpleasant incident. The patient could have chocked as well and felt really horrible at that exact moment. Forcing the elderly could have aggravated his current condition too –whether it is concerning fragile and brittle bones and/or other conditions. Being disrespected by the nurse (Ms Ahktar) could have made him feel really helpless, more vulnerable and sad. It could have also influenced and lower his self-esteem –thinking he is old now and he does not get respected and treated right due to his incapability of taking care of himself and depending on nurses/carers. Since the elderly patient could have been feeling really down because of the handling he gets from Ms Ahktar, he might think of escaping, but since he could not, he might even think about dying or committing suicide. In an elderly care home, it is highly promoted to be the second home for elderly residents and the care home should be just like one big family –united, exchanging warmth and friendliness to each other. However, the elderly could have felt like he was marginalised in that so-called second ‘family’. He could have felt like he was marginalised because he was treated really badly and he did not feel like he was a part of the family due to how Ms Ahktar treated him and made him feel. He could have also isolated himself and not socialise with other residents and nurses because he was scared of how they might treat him –like how Ms Ahktar treats or has treated him. In addition, viewing the fact that the elderly is dependent on the nurse, Ms Ahktar is the nurse that controls mostly a lot of things when it comes to taking care of him and Ms Ahktar is also the one who does not treat him with just, he could have felt a very strong disempowerment which could have led to serious depression and again, could have also worsen his current condition.
Findings: Updated on 23rd August 2013 (BBC NEWS: Whipps Cross Hospital workers jailed for patient abuse) East London hospital. [Bullying]
There were three healthcare assistants who abused 11, female elderly patients at Whipps Cross University Hospital.
One of the three abusers was 38 year old woman named Akousa Sakyiwaa. The three of them would bully and overpower the elderly patients by the use of physical force and verbal abuse. They would frequently tell the patients to shut up with a really bad attitude, and they also deal with the elderly in a violent, forceful and aggressive behaviour. The three would do these things constantly and the result will be elderly getting frightened of them and being controlled by them. One incident that Sakyiwaa did to bully one patient was put a bed sheet over a patient’s head named Joan Massett who was 87 years old at the time, and also told her she was dead –which clearly states that she was scaring the patient and ignoring the fact that she is an elderly with a certain condition. Another incident that Sakyiwaa did was slapping a patient named Louise Hodges just after cleaning her and afterwards grabbed Lily Oliver’s swollen arthritic knee prior to handing it to another carer –which then caused her to ‘scream with pain’. These acts could have affected the elderly patient’s physical condition. They could have developed more aches and pains –even more the patient who has an arthritic knee. When Sakyiwaa held a bed sheet over the patient’s head, the patient could have had a very hard time on breathing and also, could have possibly died by putting the patient’s life at risk
and danger. Using physical force in patient’s that gets bullied could lead to serious injuries and bone fractures –as elderly tend to be more vulnerable and fragile. Getting bullied by the health care assistants, and having no one to get to listen to them could have made them feel really desperate for help, neglected, and exasperated –even suicidal. They could have thought and felt like there is lack of support from family and/or anybody in general to help them be freed from getting continuously bullied by the people who are supposedly their ‘carers.’ Some of the patients could have thought about leaving, but could not because their family would not believe them due to their condition which could have made them feel really lonesome, friendless and worthless. They could have also had the thought of just dying because their life just does not make sense anymore due to the way they get treated by the healthcare assistants. The elderly patients in the Whipps Cross University Hospital could mostly likely have felt like they were disempowered by the three bullies which could have worsen their condition –be it mental or physical health condition.
Findings: Updated on 23rd April 2012 (BBC ONE Panorama – Undercover: Elderly Care, Monday) Ashton Court care home. [Abuse]
An elderly woman named Maria Worrol, 81 years old who also happens to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and arthritis was physically assaulted by a male carer and four other carers in an ‘excellent’ care home in Ashton Court London. In the video clips shown in BBC Panorama, Maria Worrol was evidently being mistreated and abused. The workers fed Maria “too quickly, manually rolling her over, and hauling her roughly into bed –an action that should have been performed using a hoist.” Maria Worrol was even slapped and punched in one of the video clips without any reason. These sadistic actions and happenings just clearly show that she was physically abused. In addition, the main carer who constantly abused her was a male which can also count as a sexual assault because the male should not even be there due to certain manual handling of a female patient. These situations and actions could have left a huge impact on the elderly resident, Maria Worrol. Since she is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, she could have been very confused on why she is being treated the way they are treating her. The carers do not even open the television or even encourage or ask her to watch something, they just open it when they are in the room with her. She has nothing to watch but the ceiling, whilst suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. It could have been very confusing, lonely and very sad. There was no brain stimulant provided at all. The carers in actual fact abused her by neglecting and failing to provide her the proper care she ought to receive. The carers also let her stay in bed for hours and not check on her or change her position, and this could have given her bed sore and bad stiffness. She was also given a very little amount of water which could have caused dehydration in her body. Since she was punched and slapped, she could have had severe bruises and pains which she just suffers on her own. Also, given that she was forced and speed-fed, the physical force used on her could have aggravated the pain of her joints and bones in her arthritis condition. In all of the damage and wrongdoings that has been done to her, she could have felt strong loneliness and also, could have developed fear on other people. Since she was constantly being abused by her carers, she might be withdrawn to others and frightened of what people will do to her. She might feel like no one is there to help her and support her. She could have felt really weak and powerless –not knowing exactly what is going on due to her Alzheimer’s condition, lack of nutrition, dehydration and a lot more. She could have just been really confused and lonely throughout her stay in the care home. The carers being stressed out tired of their job and taking their frustrations and anger on Maria Worrol clearly shows negative behaviour because everything that they acted upon just boil down the one unfortunate abused elderly, Maria Worrol.
REFERENCE:
Aldworth, C. | Billingham, M. | Lawrence, P. | Moonie, N. | Stretch, B. | Talman, H. | Whitehouse, M. (2010) BTEC Level 3 Health and Social Care Book 1. Edexcel: Pearson Education Limited (pages 67-69)
Unit 2: Equality and Diversity
Bianca Palas
P2P3M1 | 1319936
Report by:
Bianca Palas
Aim:
My aim for this report is to be able to identify the discriminatory practices based on three different true-to-life scenarios. I also intend on exploring into further details the possible effects of the discriminatory practices that has been done on the elderly people involved in the three different situations.
The three major types of discriminatory practice I will be focusing on discussing and assessing in this report are the following:
1. Infringement of rights means breaching and disrespecting someone’s human rights or neglecting one person’s legal entitlement. An individual whose rights have been taken away may feel …show more content…
devalued, depressed and very sad which then may lead to affecting their health at some point.
2. Bullying means intimidating, targeting and overpowering an individual by the use of threat, physical force, name calling and a lot more.
Bullying more often than not, takes place repetitively which then makes and leaves a huge impact on an individual’s entirety.
3. Abuse means causing harm and/or injuries to an individual through a variety of unnecessary behaviours and acts. A few types of abuse are the following: (1) Verbal Abuse (2) Psychological Abuse (3) Physical Abuse (4) Sexual Abuse (5) Neglect/Fail proper care (6) Hate Crimes.
Findings: Updated on 5th October 2013 (BBC NEWS: Nurse ‘abused’ elderly residents at Burnley care home) Lancashire care home. [Infringement of rights]
A nurse named Bilquees Ahktar abused elderly residents in a Lancashire care home through breaching their rights. Ms Ahktar is facing twelve charges of misconduct in 2010. She did a variety of unacceptable behaviour whilst she was taking care of the elderly residents. One of the things she has done before was trying to force medication into a male patient’s mouth which already clearly shows that she is taking away the right of the elderly from having choices and preferences in terms of medication. The incident also proves that Ms Ahktar is not giving the elderly the right to be respected. This is only one of the misbehaviours she …show more content…
has acted upon and there are a ton more. These two rights that have been taken away from the elderly man could have affected him in a lot of ways. The elderly resident/patient could have felt physical pain whilst the nurse was using physical force on him during the unpleasant incident. The patient could have chocked as well and felt really horrible at that exact moment. Forcing the elderly could have aggravated his current condition too –whether it is concerning fragile and brittle bones and/or other conditions. Being disrespected by the nurse (Ms Ahktar) could have made him feel really helpless, more vulnerable and sad. It could have also influenced and lower his self-esteem –thinking he is old now and he does not get respected and treated right due to his incapability of taking care of himself and depending on nurses/carers. Since the elderly patient could have been feeling really down because of the handling he gets from Ms Ahktar, he might think of escaping, but since he could not, he might even think about dying or committing suicide. In an elderly care home, it is highly promoted to be the second home for elderly residents and the care home should be just like one big family –united, exchanging warmth and friendliness to each other. However, the elderly could have felt like he was marginalised in that so-called second ‘family’. He could have felt like he was marginalised because he was treated really badly and he did not feel like he was a part of the family due to how Ms Ahktar treated him and made him feel. He could have also isolated himself and not socialise with other residents and nurses because he was scared of how they might treat him –like how Ms Ahktar treats or has treated him. In addition, viewing the fact that the elderly is dependent on the nurse, Ms Ahktar is the nurse that controls mostly a lot of things when it comes to taking care of him and Ms Ahktar is also the one who does not treat him with just, he could have felt a very strong disempowerment which could have led to serious depression and again, could have also worsen his current condition.
Findings: Updated on 23rd August 2013 (BBC NEWS: Whipps Cross Hospital workers jailed for patient abuse) East London hospital. [Bullying]
There were three healthcare assistants who abused 11, female elderly patients at Whipps Cross University Hospital.
One of the three abusers was 38 year old woman named Akousa Sakyiwaa. The three of them would bully and overpower the elderly patients by the use of physical force and verbal abuse. They would frequently tell the patients to shut up with a really bad attitude, and they also deal with the elderly in a violent, forceful and aggressive behaviour. The three would do these things constantly and the result will be elderly getting frightened of them and being controlled by them. One incident that Sakyiwaa did to bully one patient was put a bed sheet over a patient’s head named Joan Massett who was 87 years old at the time, and also told her she was dead –which clearly states that she was scaring the patient and ignoring the fact that she is an elderly with a certain condition. Another incident that Sakyiwaa did was slapping a patient named Louise Hodges just after cleaning her and afterwards grabbed Lily Oliver’s swollen arthritic knee prior to handing it to another carer –which then caused her to ‘scream with pain’. These acts could have affected the elderly patient’s physical condition. They could have developed more aches and pains –even more the patient who has an arthritic knee. When Sakyiwaa held a bed sheet over the patient’s head, the patient could have had a very hard time on breathing and also, could have possibly died by putting the patient’s life at risk
and danger. Using physical force in patient’s that gets bullied could lead to serious injuries and bone fractures –as elderly tend to be more vulnerable and fragile. Getting bullied by the health care assistants, and having no one to get to listen to them could have made them feel really desperate for help, neglected, and exasperated –even suicidal. They could have thought and felt like there is lack of support from family and/or anybody in general to help them be freed from getting continuously bullied by the people who are supposedly their ‘carers.’ Some of the patients could have thought about leaving, but could not because their family would not believe them due to their condition which could have made them feel really lonesome, friendless and worthless. They could have also had the thought of just dying because their life just does not make sense anymore due to the way they get treated by the healthcare assistants. The elderly patients in the Whipps Cross University Hospital could mostly likely have felt like they were disempowered by the three bullies which could have worsen their condition –be it mental or physical health condition.
Findings: Updated on 23rd April 2012 (BBC ONE Panorama – Undercover: Elderly Care, Monday) Ashton Court care home. [Abuse]
An elderly woman named Maria Worrol, 81 years old who also happens to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and arthritis was physically assaulted by a male carer and four other carers in an ‘excellent’ care home in Ashton Court London. In the video clips shown in BBC Panorama, Maria Worrol was evidently being mistreated and abused. The workers fed Maria “too quickly, manually rolling her over, and hauling her roughly into bed –an action that should have been performed using a hoist.” Maria Worrol was even slapped and punched in one of the video clips without any reason. These sadistic actions and happenings just clearly show that she was physically abused. In addition, the main carer who constantly abused her was a male which can also count as a sexual assault because the male should not even be there due to certain manual handling of a female patient. These situations and actions could have left a huge impact on the elderly resident, Maria Worrol. Since she is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, she could have been very confused on why she is being treated the way they are treating her. The carers do not even open the television or even encourage or ask her to watch something, they just open it when they are in the room with her. She has nothing to watch but the ceiling, whilst suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. It could have been very confusing, lonely and very sad. There was no brain stimulant provided at all. The carers in actual fact abused her by neglecting and failing to provide her the proper care she ought to receive. The carers also let her stay in bed for hours and not check on her or change her position, and this could have given her bed sore and bad stiffness. She was also given a very little amount of water which could have caused dehydration in her body. Since she was punched and slapped, she could have had severe bruises and pains which she just suffers on her own. Also, given that she was forced and speed-fed, the physical force used on her could have aggravated the pain of her joints and bones in her arthritis condition. In all of the damage and wrongdoings that has been done to her, she could have felt strong loneliness and also, could have developed fear on other people. Since she was constantly being abused by her carers, she might be withdrawn to others and frightened of what people will do to her. She might feel like no one is there to help her and support her. She could have felt really weak and powerless –not knowing exactly what is going on due to her Alzheimer’s condition, lack of nutrition, dehydration and a lot more. She could have just been really confused and lonely throughout her stay in the care home. The carers being stressed out tired of their job and taking their frustrations and anger on Maria Worrol clearly shows negative behaviour because everything that they acted upon just boil down the one unfortunate abused elderly, Maria Worrol.
REFERENCE:
Aldworth, C. | Billingham, M. | Lawrence, P. | Moonie, N. | Stretch, B. | Talman, H. | Whitehouse, M. (2010) BTEC Level 3 Health and Social Care Book 1. Edexcel: Pearson Education Limited (pages 67-69)