Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care By Andrew Ryan Hanley Types of Abuse Physical: Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. Both old and young people can be physically abused. Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings‚ being pushed or shoved‚ being held against your will‚slapped‚ bitten‚ kicked‚ pinched‚ punched‚ choked or ducked under water‚ threatened or hurt with
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness As of July 1‚ 2013 the United States of America had 54 million Hispanics living within its borders. This equates to 17% of the total population (U.S. Department of Commerce‚ 2014). Many of these individuals do not speak English which creates a language barrier between them and health care workers. This barrier can create biases among health care workers and the Hispanic population. Health care workers may not be able to connect with this population because
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When children are young they are just that‚ young children. When children are young they are vulnerable and innocent. Their minds are under developed and they have little knowledge about anything. All they have are their parents‚ whose jobs are to love them‚ nurture them protect them from harm and to serve as positive role models. Alongside their parents‚ children are exposed to the influence of the outside world and its entities such as literature. At these young stages most children believe and
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1. Leroy may be the victim of neglect as there is evidence that his parents are persistently failing to meet his basic physical and psychological needs and that this is likely to cause impairment to his health and development. HM Government (2006). Maccoby and Martin (1983) assert that a child may suffer neglect if that child’s needs form a low priority within the family unit. In addition to neglect‚ Leroy may well be the experiencing emotional abuse. Emotional abuse involves the “persistent maltreatment
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Their ignorance thus leaves them vulnerable to the malices of the real world.
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Safeguarding and protection Of Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding adults is adult protection act that includes any activity or work which aims to support vulnerable adults to retain choice‚ well-being and independence and to be able to live a free life from neglect and abuse. It is all about preventing neglect and abuse and promoting good practice. Safeguarding Adults- aims to support vulnerable adults to retain independence‚ well-being
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A Vulnerable Population the Homeless Veterans Patricia Dilbert NUR/440 April 7‚ 2014 Deanna Radford‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNE A Vulnerable Population the homeless Veterans In this presentation‚ we will explore a vulnerable population with the focus on the homeless veterans. According to Mckinney Act”(1987) A homeless person is one who lacks a fixed‚ regular and adequate nighttime residence. One who has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter
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The Vulnerable Population of the Amish With being a vulnerable population‚ the Amish population struggles with seeking adequate healthcare and is at an increased risk for health problems. With the lack of education and coaching to the Amish communities‚ new problems have surfaced which have changed the way nurses educate. Vulnerable Population Definition "Vulnerable populations are those with a greater than average risk of developing health problems (Aday‚ 2001; Sebstian‚ 1996) by virtue of their
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Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care Your N ame: Workplace: Start Date: Completion Date: Contents 1. Recognising signs of harm or abuse 2. Ways to reduce likelihood of abuse 3. Responding to suspected or disclosed ab use 4. National and local context of protection from harm and abuse 5. Questions CIS Assess ment Induction Work book – Six Page 2 of 21 Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care 1. Recognising signs of harm
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Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of the young people by firstly protecting them from sexual‚ physical or emotional harm by it being our duty to report any suspicious behaviour in relation to these. SEXUAL ABUSE There are 2 different types of child sexual abuse. These are called contact abuse and non-contact abuse. Contact abuse involves touching activities where an abuser makes physical contact with a child‚ including penetration. It includes: sexual touching of any part of the body
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