QCF module 5

Neglect by others occurs when either a support worker or a family or friend carer fails to meet someone’s support needs as they do not realise its importance, or because they cannot be bothered, or choose not to provide it.

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.

Neglect by others means when someone knowing is ignoring and/or with holding physical or medical care.

Physical Abuse is when, a person inflicts physical force that is non-accidental and results in pain, impairment or bodily injury.

To cause feelings of pain or injuries this can be done by punching, kicking, biting,

Self-neglect/Neglect is when a person/carer does not pay attention to their/service users health and well-being. Service users/Carers can neglect themselves/Service users due to illness or depression or might intentionally neglect themselves/service users. The signs and symptoms include: living in dirty conditions, poor personal hygiene, poor nutrition, not getting medical help, not being interested in the way they look, long toe nails not taking medication.

Neglect: medical condition deteriorating unexpectedly or not improving as expected, hypothermia or person cold or dressed inadequately, unexplained loss of weight, clothes or body dirty and smelly, delays in seeking medical attention

Physical abuse is any non accidental act of violence or rough treatment that causes physical injury, pain or discomfort.

Physical abuse is where someone is causing physical harm to another. This could be hitting, pushing, slapping, pinching, kicking, scalding, restraint, misuse of medication and other things causing harm. Signs or this would be unexplainable; red marks and bruising, cuts and grazes, burns, weight loss, finger marks, fractures, scratches, pressure ulcers and sores and/ rashes from wet/soiled bedding. The person being abused would also have behavioural changes, health deterioration with our obvious cause.

Self-neglect is any failure of an adult to take care of themselves that causes or is reasonable to cause serious physical, mental or emotional harm or substantial damage to or loss of possessions. This self-neglect can be caused as a result of the adults choice of lifestyle or as a result of depression or poor health.

Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Typically includes hitting, slapping, pushing, pinching, kicking, punching, scalding other considerations that are physical

The meaning of neglect is a pattern of not being able to provide basic needs.As shown in the chart above neglect is the most common type of child abuse. Neglect is almost three times more common than physical and sexual abuse combined. This category is broken up into three groups: Physical neglect, education neglect, and emotional neglect.

Neglecting is a treatment towards a neglected person for whom there is a lack of care by another person in the first place. It returns an upsetting impact on that person neglected regardless of any stage of life the victim is going through.

Physical abuse includes any non-accidental physical injury (ranging from bruises to severe fracture or death) caused by the child’s parent, care taker, or other person who has responsibility for the child . The injury is always considered as abuse. Physical abuse in the sense, include beating , punching , stabbing , kicking a child or the children . In short it can be said harming a child physically . Much of the physical abuse of the children starts at home and it is inflicted with the object of punishing . The physical abuse of the children lead to physical and mental difficulties in future . A greatest degree of stress in the family environment is

While this goes hand in hand with emotional abuse, the two are also different. Neglect is where a parent overly ignores their child’s needs and health (“Child Help”). This is different than emotional abuse because in emotional abuse cases, the parent lowers a child’s confidence; in neglect cases the child almost feels invisible to their caregiver. Traits shown in a neglectful parent can be lack of care, too much responsibility on child, and apathy. Neglect is very difficult to catch though, often requiring a pattern to be noticed (“Child Help”). Neglect can very quickly lead to lifelong harm and mental issues, but most importantly, the responsibilities a child must take care of can cause an end to their care-free days of being a