Safeguarding health and social care

Neglect is the failure to meet a child’s basic physical and or psychological needs, which is likely to affect the child’s health or development. Neglect is when a parent or carer fails to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment), medical care, or protection from physical and emotional harm or danger. Additionally failure to ensure access to education or to look after a child because the carer is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, is considered as Neglect.

Neglect; characterized as providing inadequate care of a child, such as providing unsuitable supervision, and other basic needs, such as sufficient health care. Other requirements in caring for a child include, but are not limited to providing proper clothing regarding weather conditions, current immunizations and other medical provisions, food and shelter, and a number

D1- Evaluate the potential long-term effects of these two types of abuse on the health and wellbeing of adults

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.

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

Ai) Describe in tour own words what is meant by the following types of abuse:

Abuse can occur from a lack of training or feeling they are superior so they feel they can abuse them because they are vulnerable.

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

SELF NEGLECT: This is defined as the failure of usually an adult to refuse to want to care and protect themselves. Examples living in unsanitary, hazardous condition, failing to eat or drink, prevention of pressure sore and protection ad adequate

The patient’s physical and mental status are not the only factors that contribute to the prevalence of elder self-neglect; external factors must also be considered. Factors such as living alone, a lack of family involvement and

Even if your loved one is not being physically or emotionally abused, he or she may be experiencing neglect. Signs of this include medical needs being ignored (a persistent cough, bed sores), an unkempt appearance, a strong odor, and soiled linens and clothes.

Emotional and psychological abuse can be just as harmful as any other kind of abuse. Signs that your relative may be suffering from emotional or psychological abuse include mental agitation or an uncommunicative demeanor. Additionally, behavioral cues usually associated with dementia, such as biting or rocking, may actually be signs of one of these types of abuse.

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.

One form abuse that could be experienced by an adult is physical abuse. Physical abuse is an act of another person involving contact that is intended to cause feelings of physical pain or injury. For example this could be hitting, slapping, pushing, assault and the misuse of medication. Physical abuse was used many times In Winterbourne View as the people living there were constantly being restrained for no reason. Restraining