This paper will provide an in depth discussion on disability and abuse in the population of children and adults. The goal of this paper is to trace the history of intervention, prevention, and policy for individuals with disabilities including thorough review of disabled children, Adults in home setting, DV/IPV, adults in residential settings, and the elderly. In addition, a review of gaps in service provision and implications for improved services, collaboration between interdisciplinary resources, improved monitoring risk, education of individuals with disabilities, education for caregivers, and more accessible resources for managing behaviors and providing support for families, and caregivers will be reviewed.
The current state of child and adult protection will also be a point of discussion.
Abuse, Neglect, and Disability Defined
Consistency in the definition of abuse has been one of the most ongoing variances in abuse prevention. Depending on the discipline, the elements of abuse that is specific to a particular population is typically based on the presentation of abuse against the vulnerable group.
Abuse as defined by the World Health Organization is any act or failure to act, which results in the significant breach of a vulnerable persons human rights, civil liberties, bodily integrity, dignity or general well-being, whether intended or unintended including sexual interactions, or financial transactions to which the person cannot consent or which are deliberately
indicators of abuse, the 4 point approach to abuse, our procedure as an organisation and what
All employees have a duty of care to report any concerns of abuse they have. These might include evidence or suspicions of bad practice by colleagues and managers (whistleblowing), or abuse by another service user, staff or their family and friends.
Sexual abuse is sexual activity that is deemed improper or harmful, as between an adult and a minor or with a person of diminished mental capacity.
* Emotional/psychological abuse: threats of harm/abandonment, over controlling, harassment, intimidation & withdrawal from support networks/services
Abuse is any form of mistreatment by any other person or even persons that will violate an individual 's basic human and civil rights. The abuse can vary, from treating someone with disrespect in a way that significantly affects the person 's quality of life, to causing actual physical or mental suffering, either over a short term or a long term of time, clearly the longer it goes on the worse the
Abuse is when a carer tries to control or dominate another person. It can be physically, emotionally harmful, arousing fear in an individual, preventing them from doing what they want, or forcing them to do something against their will. Abuse can happen to anyone but it mostly happens to people who are vulnerable like a
Abuse occurs when a person uses their authority, either by using force or not, to get
Signs that someone is trying to take control of their body image, for example, anorexia, bulimia or self-harm
Abuse is defined as any injury, physical or mental, that is not caused by an accident. Neglect is defined as a child/children whose parents have abandoned them or who are not providing the basic care a child needs. Dependency is defined as a child/children whose parents have ignored, where not able to provide or denied basic care to the point the state is asking for custody of the
Abuse is a person or an animal with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.
Abuse in dictionary.com, abuse means: “to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way.” While in the dictionary definition may seem small and simple, but there are many ways that can happen that can be mistreated in a very harmful way, multiple ways to injure as well as multiple ways of being offensive.
Abuse of vulnerable adults may occur at the adult's home, in a supportive accommodation such a hospital, care home or nursing home, independent living accomadtation, health services such as GP surgeries, public settings and local community or other places previously assumed safe. Where the abuse occurs will be determined by the setting in the environment. Nursing care homes, surgeries and hospitals usually have strict regulatory controls to ensure adequate care is being given, however paid care staff in domiciliary homes may work with little or no supervision. Where there is poor management, little assessment and no enforced legislation in place, those receiving support are more likely to receive inadequate care; this is when abuse starts to occur.
Abuse falls under six definitions when applied to law enforcement. Physical abuse: The blatant beating, striking, or physical mistreatment of an inmate. This is a very vague area because any physical contact with an inmate can be reported as abuse. Psychological abuse: The mental degradation of an inmate through embarrassment, unnecessary command or criticism. Unlawful interrogation, which is literally unheard of anymore, means the use of starvation, sleep deprivation, dehydration, etc. Excessive force: When compliance must be obtained physically and the amount of force used far exceeds the need. Torture: the use of stress positions water boarding and hot boxing, also
Part One: Research and Investigation Question 1 1.1 Definition of Abuse: Abuse is the action of mistreatment of someone else, showing no concern or sympathy towards their well-being. It is the action of controlling someone. To be abused means to be mistreated or misused by other people. Abusers use behavior in ways to force their victims to partake in activities tat make them feel uncomfortable or they emotionally abuse their victims by making them feel inferior, calling them derogatory terms in order for them to feel inferior or they physically cause harm to another person.
Disability affects millions of people all over the world. In 2016 having a disability put you in the largest minority group in the world. Ten percent, about 650 million, people are living with a disability. Just to make matters worst, among the poorest people, twenty percent have a disability. All types of disabilities are a major public health concern worldwide and the situation for those in third world countries is even more serious. Of the 650 million living with a disability, eighty percent of those people live in third world countries (Langtree). Statistics show that there are a steady increase in all of these number.