are many individuals who rely and depend on the help and support of others such as nurses‚ social workers and support workers. When this level of trust and responsibility exists it is important that these individuals are able to feel safe and confident and not at risk to abuse. It is therefore our responsibility as carers to ensure there are safeguarding procedures in place to protect all individuals from any form of abuse at all times. In order to effectively safeguard against abuse within health
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Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Understanding the Legislation‚ Regulations and Policies that underpin the protection of Vulnerable Adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults Safeguarding was defined in the Children’s Act of 1989‚ and is most commonly applied to children and young people under the age of eighteen. Key aspects of legislation have recently been extended to include similar
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Policy Statement HIT Training Ltd is strongly committed to practices that protect children‚ young people and vulnerable adults from abuse‚ neglect or significant harm. Staffs recognise and accept their responsibility to develop the awareness of the risks and issues involved in safeguarding. The company also recognises that it has a responsibility to protect staff from unfounded allegations of abuse. The company is committed to working with existing local safeguarding or adult safeguarding Boards and other
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Elderly- they maybe power less and may give full power and control to the abuser that they trust‚ they may have a loss of memory due to dementia or loss of memory and mobility so it make it harder for them to get around and communicate to others. Vulnerable- power of the abuser they will trust them‚ but they will also find it hard to communicated with others because of their vulnerability. Environment- Own home- family could exploit a member of the family by taking advantage of their finances e.g.
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main reason young children and infants are more vulnerable to infection is because their immune systems have not fully developed. When they are first born they will get most of their immunity from the placenta and breast milk‚ however it will take a long period of time for their immune system to fully develop. If an infant was to come into contact with an individual or object that was contaminated this could lead to serious consequences‚ such as them being in hospital to help them recover because their
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Vulnerable Populations Paper: Substance Abuse Substance abuse disorders is easily defined when an “individual continues to use the substance despite experiencing negative consequences from their use. These negative consequences can include health problems; difficulties in their family‚ work‚ and social life; and financial and legal problems. They are said to be dependent on the substance when‚” in addition to theses negative consequences‚ they build tolerance and experience withdrawal if
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Why optimists are less vulnerable to disease? How might optimism work to make people less vulnerable and pessimism to make people more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease? The possibilities divide into three large categories: 1. Optimists take action and have healthier lifestyles. Optimists believe that their actions matter‚ whereas pessimists believe they are helpless and nothing they do will matter. Optimists try‚ while pessimists lapse into passive helplessness. Optimists therefore act
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The identity of an individual is very important to their overall well being. It consists of how they view themselves‚ how society views them‚ their behavior‚ the development of their personality etc. It is who they are and it is how others view them‚ and it is supposed to follow the development of oneself. However society plays a very important factor into an individual’s identity and determines what they will and will not accept about themselves and this can result in numerous problems‚ especially
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It is commonlyargued that presidency is more vulnerable to corruption than parliamentary system 1. This is because a president has more centralized control over government and sources of corruption than a prime minister (Kunicova and Rose-Ackerman 2005). Then‚ why do some countries under presidency suffer from a president’s corruption while others don’t? As presidency is widely accepted in countries ofLatin America and Africa‚ regional comparative studies address the question ofwhy presidential corruption
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• Individual Abuse of Human by Human Ladies and gentlemen‚ a glance through the 20th century‚ astounding casualty in the Rwanda Genocide‚ lamentable mourning for those in Auschwitz Concentration Camp‚ devastating hurt on those living in the northeastern of China‚ human abuse kept torturing the innocent people‚ but pictures of the past. We evolved progressively through competition among ourselves verbally‚ physically and psychologically. However‚ it seems that we’re going far beyond the principle
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