Risk Of Harm And Abuse

Psychological or emotional abuse - is any action which has an effect on an individual's mental well-being, causes suffering and effects their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential.

Physical abuse is when someone hits you or hurts your body. Sexual abuse is when someone touches your body in a way you do not like, sexual abuse can also be when someone wants you to touch them or to wanting you to have sex with them when you don’t want to. Emotional abuse is when someone keeps saying hurtful things that upset you. Financial abuse is when someone takes your money or belongings from you without your permission, someone who is committing financial abuse may also force you to give them things or spend money that you don’t want to spend. Neglect by others is where the people that are supposed to support and look after you

Physical abuse is “the mistreatment of a child that causes physical injury, impairment, or endangerment.” (Layman 15) It accounts for about 25 percent of abuse cases. (Moses) Children who have been abused usually show certain signs. They tend to be apathetic and withdrawn, but at the same time, constantly scanning their environment for danger. (Oates 43) Physical abuse can leave all kinds of injuries.

For example, an adult that is mentally ill but is suffering from abuse may not have the confidence or ability to inform people of their abuser. They might even consider their abuser as a ‘friend’ because they have been manipulated to think so. They might even blame themselves for the abuse that is being inflicted on them or are being threatened by the abuser to keep it a private matter.

Physical: is non-accidental use of force against any person that results in physical pain, injury, impairment or confinement. Signs of physical abuse are, injuries that are consistent with physical abuse, present of several injuries of a variety of ages, Injuries that have not received medical attention, a person being taken to many different places to receive medical attention, Skin infections, unexplained weight changes or medication being lost, behavior that indicates that the person is afraid of the perpetrator, change of behavior or avoiding the perpetrator.

Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm..

Physical abuse can happen in their own home, the carer's home, or a facility, such as a nursing home. The most immediate physical effects include wounds, and injuries (e.g., bruises, dental problems, head injuries, broken

Emotional / psychological abuse is when a person uses threats, bullying, trying to control a person’s mind, makes them feel powerless, as well as making them believe it is their own fault. This type of abuse results in mental and physical distress and includes

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.

Victims - a common stereotype that reflects the medical approach to disability is to view

It is vital to have effective communication between professionals and organisations so that service user is protected. When there are any changes such as improvement in service users or degrading in their health conditions or if there is a suspicion of abuse, information must be shared by communication. By communicating, they are able to monitor the service user's well being and they can be up to date with information of service users. They are able to take action and ensure that service user's needs are

Disclosures of harm and abuse will evoke strong feelings for me as a staff member to hearing it. The news may be too overwhelming and potentially difficult to receive it, therefore it is helpful to remain calm and help the resident to remain calm. I should not show any signs of distress, but in case the resident becomes aware of my distress, I need to reassure them that she/he is not the cause of my distress. I need to tell them that I am upset because other people mistreated them. Responding calmly to harm and abuse disclosures, it will encourage the resident to talk freely an openly about their unpleasant experiences. Responding calmly, the resident will notice that my full attention is with them, understanding fully what they are talking.

The social injustice and harms caused by cooperation’s and governments are not subject to the same criminal inquiry and media attention, as with individual action such as murder and rape. This is very important as while violent crime frequently has a horrible impact on the victims of that crime, it is usually limited, in that it doesn’t affect most of the population. In contrast, the criminal behaviour of cooperation’s “can harm tens of thousands, even millions with the stroke of a pen” (Hillyard 2004:42). This observed through the fact that “relatively few people will be the victims of robbery or burglary, but nearly everyone in the United States will suffer financial loss due to malfeasance in high places” (Michalowski and Kramer, 2007:205). This can be seen from the 2008 financial crisis In Britain, which occurred because of immoral activities and in some cases unlawful behaviour (Ferguson, 2012 pg 42). This affected the whole population, it resulted in” poverty, home foreclosure, and unemployment, anybody who owned stock in a bank that went bust, lost it

d. How does the respondent relate to or experience life according to the medical model versus the social model of disability? What about the ‘sick role’?

People with physical disabilities are abused in many ways. One of the common ways is verbal abuse. Verbal abuse is a major harassment most of the time used to scare people but no one really sees it as harassment. Verbal