... Define the following types of abuse: a Physical abuse Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury, pain, or impairment. Define the following types of abuse: b Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is when a person is forced or tricked into taking part in any kind of sexual activity. When sexual contact is non-consensual, it is an abuse. Define the following types of abuse: c Emotional/psychological abuse Emotional Abuse is where one person gains power and control over another through words and gestures which gradually undermine, the other’s self-respect. : Define the following types of abuse: d Financial abuse Financial abuse is stealing or defrauding someone of money, goods and/or property, allowing others to steal money or property, tricking or threatening individuals into giving away money or property, withholding money, refusing to allow individuals to manage their finances, etc. Define the following types of abuse: e Institutional abuse Institutional abuse happens when the lifestyles of clients are sacrificed in favour of the routines and/or restrictive practices of the home. Institutional abuse comprises neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, discriminatory abuse, psychological, emotional abuse and financial abuse. Define the following types of abuse: Self neglect Self-neglect is when a person does not pay attention to their health and well-being. Define the following types of abuse: Neglect by others Neglect can...
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...CHILDREN AND SEXUAL ABUSE Introduction There are several sociological and psychological issues that are pressing in society today. These lead to traumatic events among children and adults and result in those who are in society needing to recover in a specific manner. A continuing issue in society is sexual abuse among children. This particular problem is one, which has caused several levels of difficulty among those in society while making an impact with the need to respond with the aim of eliminating the trauma of sexual abuse. Defining the social and psychological terms of sexual abuse as well as understanding the societal structures that are a component of this provides more insight into the problem. As sexual abuse among children is understood, there is the ability to begin to eliminate the problem while creating new methods to help those that have experienced this traumatic event. Defining Sexual Abuse To understand sexual abuse among children, there is also the need to define the nature of the problem as well as the affiliations that are a part of this act. The nature of this problem is one, which is defined through sociological beliefs and associations with sexual activities. Sexual abuse is defined as any intimate activity, which relates to sexual activities. The definition implies that there is physical, emotional and behavioral links to sexuality that is performed by two or more individuals. In acts of sexual abuse, an individual is regarded as a perpetrator...
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...well-being of vulnerable individuals such as children, young adults, and those at risk. The objective is to protect them from abuse, neglect, and harm by ensuring a secure environment and taking all essential steps to prevent maltreatment. 1.2 Explain your role and responsibilities in safeguarding individuals. As a diligent care worker, my responsibility in safeguarding entails keenly observing and promptly reporting any indications of mistreatment or disregard, upholding the safeguarding protocols and procedures...
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...recognise signs of abuse Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm including hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, or inappropriate sanctions Sexual abuse is a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat. Including encouraging relevant individuals to look at pornography, harassing them by making sexual suggestions or comments, or sexual acts where the individual has not consented, or could not consent or was pressured into consenting. Emotional/psychological abuse is subjecting an individual to bullying tactics such as threats. These bullies can take away the self-confidence of their victim and sometimes render them brain washed into believing they will never make a go of it on their own or they are ugly; fat; the opposite sex wouldn’t want them; they are stupid because they may have not got high enough marks in school; or, in the elderly threatening to put the elderly person in a home if they do not conform to the abuser’s wishes. Mental and emotional abuse can be between couples in a relation; siblings; elderly abuse or abusing one’s peers. Including emotional abuse as well as threats of harm or abandonment, deprivation of contact, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, isolation or withdrawal...
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...D1- Evaluate the potential long-term effects of these two forms of abuse on the health and wellbeing of adults. I am going to be talking about the long term effects of 2 different types of abuse these are Sexual abuse and Emotional abuse I will be also evaluating how these two forms of abuse have serious long term effects on the individual who has suffered this type of abuse. I am also going to talk about how health care professionals can help the individual deal with these effects in their day-to-day lives. Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or forces someone to do something sexually they don't want to do. It can also refer to behaviour that impacts a person's ability to control their sexual activity or the circumstances in which sexual activity occurs, including oral sex, rape or restricting access to birth control and condoms. It can happen to men, women and even children. Sexual abuse can happen to anyone at any age. Sexual abuse is one of the most common types of abuse that happens within the UK in "2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 on average 2.5 per cent of females and 0.4 per cent of males said that they had been a victim of a sexual offence in the previous 12 months. This represents around 473,000 adults being victims of sexual offences (around 404,000 females and 72,000 males) on average per year. These experiences span the full spectrum of sexual offences, ranging from the most serious offences of rape and sexual assault to other...
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...In this piece of writing I am describing form of abuse which adults have or may experience within their adulthood. What is abuse? Abuse is a word that is frequently used. It is a word defined as any type of actions that intentionally harms or injures yourself or others. It is a violation of rights of a human and their rights. Physical abuse Physical abuse is the infliction of harm or injury by another person. Physical abuse within the adult subject can happen in either gender. The injuries can be caused through punching, kicking, biting, burning, using a weapon or harmful object, and often actions that are involved within bullying. Once the physical abuse has been done, the aftermath can result in bruises, broken bones and many other reactions. For example; When working in a care home, care workers might lose their temper quite rapidly. This could be the cause of a resident being difficult. However, in some situations the care workers are often blamed for the abuse or any aftermath such as bruising, but in reality the residents are accidentally knocking themselves and sometimes bruising comes up quite visible due to the elderly having sensitive skin. However this is sometimes not the case. Quite often cases of abuse, physical abuse more than likely are disputed due to the care worker hitting or taking some kind of action which the resident doesn’t deserve just to make them be quiet or because the care worker becomes quite frustrated and physical with that resident. It...
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...Domestic Violence and Elderly Abuse Policy By; Shay B. Young May 28th 2012 CJA 464/ Criminal Justice Policy Analysis Ronald Stock Domestic Violence and Elderly Abuse Domestic and elderly abuse is two forms of violence that happens to individuals from birth aged children to elderly individuals. Domestic and elderly abuse is a major issue that is experienced all around the world. These two forms of abuse and violence have many similarities, often times the abuse that starts as a child leads to abuse during adulthood. This paper will be going over the two forms of abuse, factors, statistics, and later a policy that is in place for the reduction of the two forms of abuse. Domestic Violence Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of behavior to gain power or control over another individual in a relationship. The abuse can come in forms such as physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological actions or threats coming from the control partner to the other partner. Domestic violence happens to anyone of any race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic violence affects all people throughout different backgrounds, social levels, and educational levels. Factors that perpetuate domestic violence As mentioned above there are different factors that play a role in a domestic violence setting. Culture factors may include but are not limited to gender, the role within the relationship, values, and acceptance of violence as a means to resolve...
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...Individuals who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness and struggle with substance abuse are characterized in a population that is difficult to assist. Substance abuse and mental illness is a prominent issue amongst homelessness individuals. According to United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2013) approximately half of the individuals living on the streets, and 70 percent of Veterans undergoing homelessness, can be characterized with substance abuse condition. Many of the individuals also suffer with moderate to severe mental illnesses. Not only is substance abuse and mental health affecting adults, and Veterans but it is also affecting homeless adolescents. Often when an individual is suffering with both substance abuse and mental illness, it is often called co-occuring disorder (COD). According to SAMHSA, co-occurring disorders may include two or more substance abuse disorders and mental disorders listed under DSM-IV (Co-Occuring Disorders, 2002). There is twelve steps in helping an individual overcome COD, however, with an individual suffering with COD and living on the streets, it often difficult for one to find and receive help. One dealing with substance abuse often struggles with finding a shelter that...
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...Abuse Experienced by Adults P1: Describe forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults P2: Describe indicators that abuse may be happening to adults Abuse can be a singular act or multiple acts. Abuse can occur in any relationship and can be the direct result of deliberate intent, ignorance or neglect. It may be a criminal offence, such as rape, assault or theft. Abuse can occur anywhere: * In public places * In the victims own home * At work * In hospital * In places of worship * In care homes * At day care The abuser can be anyone, a man or a woman. An abuser could be a * Neighbour * Someone who goes to the day centre * Family member * Volunteer * Paid health or social care worker * Teacher * Clergyman Type Of Abuse | Definition Of The Abuse | Example Of The Abuse | Indicators Of The Abuse | Physical | Physical abuse is a form of abuse involving contact that is intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm.Physical abuse can occur through withholding care, preventing access to healthcare or applying inappropriate techniques or treatments. It can include forced isolation and confinement, for example, people being locked in their room, and inappropriate methods of restraint. | Striking, punching, pushing, pulling slapping, biting, whipping, striking with an object, kicking, tripping, kneeing, strangling, rape, placing in stress positions (tied...
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...Adult abuse is the violation of an individual human and civil rights who is over the age of 18. Types of Abuse Physical Abuse Physical Abuse is an intentional use of violence, rough treatment and use of force against an adult. This will result in causing them pain and bodily harm. Physical abuse includes hitting, slapping, shaking, pushing, punching or pinching. It can sometimes include the inappropriate use of physical restraints, force feeding and any kind of physical punishment. The indicators of physical abuse are: The bruising - in some cases you can find that the individual has bruising in hidden areas where they cannot be seen. The individual might have, black eyes, lacerations, and rope marks from being restrained. There might be an adults report of being hit, slapped, kicked, or mistreated. The adult might show a sudden change in behaviour and might feel uncomfortable in talking about their bruises. When looking at the bruising to determine whether it is physical abuse check the size of the bruise and see whether or not it is consistent with the explanation that has been given for it. If the injury does not fit with the explanation, the injury is unexplained and the adult has bruises that are at different stages of healing and the colours are different it might mean that that are being abused frequently and letting the other bruises heal. However if the adult has a liver and blood condition it might mean that when the members of staff where manual handling...
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...that could potentially lead to abusive situations. Adults most at risk: There are certain groups of people who appear to be more vulnerable to, or at risk of abuse than others. A vulnerable adult is an individual aged 18or over who may receive community care services because of their disability, age or illness, or are unable to take care of themselves or protect themselves against significant harm or exploitation. This can also include older people and people suffering from dementia due to the fact that they are in a confused state. Because of their defencelessness and vulnerability older people are considerably more at risk to abuse. Other vulnerable adults include people who are susceptible to abuse because of physical difficulties, learning difficulties, or mental illness. Individuals with learning difficulties may be taken advantage of due to their lack of awareness. Individuals who are physically disabled may rely upon help and support from others during day-to-day activities. Due to this reliant lifestyle and dependability of care, they are more susceptible to abuse. Those who have mental health issues require a certain degree of care and support from social workers, psychiatrists, care workers and doctors; this dependability upon others increases the individual’s risk of being harmed and abused. Individuals in these groups tend to be more accepting of what happens to them, this can be due to the fact that they don’t really understand the situation or because of strong...
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...Unit 4 1.1 a) Physical abuse is the deliberate use of force that causes bodily injury or pain b) Sexual abuse is the involvement in sexual activity without consent; it can be direct (being forced to perform sex acts) and indirect (being forced to watch sexual activity). c) Emotional/psychological abuse, any action that damages an individuals’ mental health such as bullying which can result in distress. d) Financial abuse is the theft or misuse of an individual’s money or personal possessions. e) Institutional abuse is the mistreatment of an individual by the authorities or people within an institution. f) Self-neglect is when an individual fails to care for themselves and meet their basic needs for food, medical care and personal care. g) Neglect by others means failure to meet an individual’s needs for personal care, food, medical care, cultural or religious needs. 1.2 Physical abuse; multiple or minor bruising on the body, oddly shaped burns and scalds on skin, marks on skin from being slapped or bitten, broken bones of unexplained falls and misuse of medication. Sexual abuse; touching someone in a sexual manner without consent (contact), non-contact sexual abuse includes sexual talk, forcing a person to watch pornography without a person’s consent. The person may feel coerced because the abuser is in a position of trust. Emotional/Psychological abuse is difficult to identify as it usually hidden, any action that damages...
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...will also identify the implications of abuse and neglect within the human culture. The first question we must ask to find our answers is what is family violence. According to the department of human services family violence what is viewed as any violent, coercive, controlling behavior that can be found threatening. The violence does not have to be physical it can also be mental or sexual in nature. These behaviors can cause a person to live in fear for their own safety. A person who is abused will show signs of social isolation as well feeling like damaged property. Many individuals will have issues with their self-esteem. There is no age limit, culture, or economic class that is excluded from family violence. There are many challenges for screening for child abuse as well as neglect. Many of the individuals will feel shame. The victim will also not like to talk about what has happened to them this is true on both adults and children. The individual will feel as if the abuse or neglect was self-induced. During the screening process the environment must be nonthreatening. There are currently two types of screening the first is direct trauma questions the other is standardized screenings. With direct trauma the victim is directly questioned about the incident while with standardized screening five tools are used to determine the abuse. The five tools used are still questionnaires but are very useful to the helper to use find if there is abuse with their client. There is the childhood...
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...Unit 11 – Task 1 Amy Santon Task: Describe forms of abuse that may be experienced by adults The first form of abuse that may be experienced by an adult is sexual abuse. This form of abuse can start in a number of different situations for a number of different reasons. There are different severities of this particular form of abuse as it can range from unwanted sexual advances to unwanted contact. An individual who has experienced a form of sexual abuse could be left with a loss of dignity as their immediate reaction. This is a potentially dangerous situation as the individual could begin to start feeling depressed if the advances don’t stop as they will feel as if they have no control over what I happening to their body. In some cases if the issue is not resolved it could lead to the individual feeling as if they have no other choice than to leave their job, or move house. Not only could the individual suffer from immediate effects but they could also suffer from long term effects. Some of these effects may be things such as depression and metal scaring. If the incident was severe enough then the individual may build up negative prejudiced ideas. For example if the person who sexually assaulted them was a male then the individual may start to think that all men are the same and may not trust men anymore and they may go out of their way to attack this specific group of people. Another long term effect could be that they feel as if the incident was their fault and could...
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...Altruism in Society University of Phoenix PSY 400 Altruism in Society Child abuse is more than cuts and bruises. Abuse also involves emotional abuse and child neglect. Along with the physical scars left behind by an abusive parent or individual, a child abused physically and emotionally will have long-lasting emotional scars. Out of the thousands of child abuse cases reported each year, more than half of these victims were age one and under. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reported more than half of abused children are girls. Child neglect cases accounted for about 30% of child deaths and more than half of those fatalities were children under age four ("Child Maltreatment," 2010). Of the child abuse cases reported, more than 70% were cases of child neglect, 15% were cases of physical abuse, 10% were sexual abuse cases, and 10% were cases of mental abuse ("Child Maltreatment," 2010). History and Nature of Child Abuse The history of Child Protection in America generally divides into three separate eras: Colonial times until 1875, 1875 until 1962, and 1962 until modern day (Myers, 2008). The second era of child protection was the awakening and growth through nongovernmental societies, whereas the third era established itself as the era of government sponsored Child Protective Services (CPS) (Myers, 2008). Before the sweep of nongovernmental CPS in 1875, attempts to intervene in situations of abused children were sporadic (Myers, 2008). The New York...
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