UNIT 4222-304

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.

You don 't come cross anaphylactic shock often, but you still have to be aware. Other severe adverse reactions that could include a fever and skin blistering; these usually occur within an hour of the medications being administered. Sometimes adverse reactions can develop over a few weeks, they may cause damage to the kidneys or liver. If adverse reactions are not treated they could be fatal. When individuals experience adverse reactions to medicines my workplace policy is to inform the GP and explaining in detail the adverse reactions, the staff member will then inform the individual/ team. GP advise and guidance will then determine if the medication is to be stopped. If the reactions are so serious then an ambulance should be called my responsibility is that I have duty to continue to observe the individual and monitor their vitals, speaking to them and looking at any changes, so as to ensure that the individual is not deteriorating. All adverse reactions and following advice given, must be recorded in full in the individual’s clinical note and referenced in their daily report also MAR’s chart. 4.

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.

Emotional abuse is any kind of abuse that is emotional rather than physical in nature.

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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.

Different approaches to alleviate pain and minimise discomfort could be from medication – a doctor or nurse could review medication and prescribe medication to help with pain and discomfort temporarily or permanently. Regular moving and positioning of an individual could help to relieve pain and discomfort especially if they have limited movement and it will also help prevent pressure sores when the individual is moved and positioned regularly. It is just as important to encourage the less able or individuals that can walk around to move and encourage gentle movement like walking to the table to have their meal. We care for an elderly lady in her home and she can walk with walking frames but would prefer to just sit and not do anything.

I completed the health promotion and had personal achievements, I improved my confidence levels in conducting this health promotion as I was able to stand in front of a large number of individuals and speak loudly and clearly, I was unable to do this previously and was worrying about it beforehand. Another personal achievement was that I was able to work well within a team and effectively produce a health promotion to deliver to the participants. I was able to gain more knowledge on the topic myself, I knew a fair bit about this certain topic but I believed that I increased my knowledge. We did this by allocating tasks to each individual after deciding our aims and objectives. There was also a participants achievement, I believe that in doing the health promotion we were able to give the participants confidence if they were to conduct a similar promotion.

Quantitative data can be described as measurable factual and accurate data, i.e. sales, volumes and costs. Can be developed with historic records. Quantative data is more objective rather than subjective focusing on key issues.

Explain the purpose and benefits of planning work, and being accountable to others for own work

It may include threat to cause harm to a person. Psychological Abuse this may include putting someone down, name calling, isolation from family and friends or even threating to commit suicide if a person does not co- operate. Sexual Abuse is when you force yourself to have a sexual encounter with someone who doesn’t want to. This may include making them stop taking birth control, forced pregnancies. Financial Abuse this is when a person use money to control another person make them do things or say things like, if you love me you will give me half or all your paycheck. Spiritual Abuse this abuse I never really knew about until I started writing my paper this uses a religious or spiritual matter to have control over another person. Such as forcing another to follow a certain faith or give up a

According to the Administration on Aging “elder abuse is a term concerning intentional, or negligent acts by a caregiver or any other person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult.” Physical abuse consists of any physical behavior concerning an elder that is aggressive towards that person (e.g. assault, battery, unsuitable restraint). Another familiar type of elder abuse is emotional/psychological abuse. Emotional/psychological abuse includes verbal or nonverbal actions that are considered violent and are directed toward another individual. According to Administration on Aging, emotional/psychological abuse consists of “inflicting mental pain, anguish, or distress on an elder person through verbal or nonverbal acts (e.g. humiliating, intimidating or threatening).” Furthermore sexual abuse of an elder is also a common form of elder abuse. Particularly, sexual abuse is any “non-consensual sexual contact of any kind,” (Administration on Aging). Basically, sexual abuse is the violation or exploitation of another individual in a sexual manner. Additionally, an elder can also be a victim or financial abuse/exploitation. The type of abuse consists of “the illegal taking, misuse, or concealment of funds, property, or assets of an elder for someone else’s benefit,” (Administration on Aging). According to the National Institute of Justice (2013), financially exploited elderly people suffered numerous incidents of financial crimes and misdeeds, comprising theft, fraud and misuse of their assets. In many cases these elders did not have someone with whom they can consult or who will supervise their financial pursuits (National Institute of Justice, 2013). Lastly, elder abuse also consists of neglect. Neglect is considered “the failure by caregivers to provide food, shelter, health care, or protection for the elder in their care,” (Administration on Aging). Basically, a caregiver fails to meet the

•Financial abuse: Utilizing somebody's cash, property or different resources wrongfully or constraining somebody to change their will or sign records. It can extend from abuse of a more established relative's assets to misappropriation. Budgetary misuse incorporates misrepresentation, taking cash under falsifications, imitation, constrained property exchanges, acquiring costly things with the more seasoned individual's cash without their insight or authorization, or denying the more established individual access to his or her own subsidizes or home.

Psychological abuse, which includes verbal and emotional abuse, is a widespread and common problem in our society. Mary Jo Fay (2007), states that verbal abuse, “includes name-calling, shouting and yelling.” She also goes on to say that emotional abuse:

Financial abuse references the exploitation of an elderly person’s assets, income, or other resources. This is a very common form of elderly abuse, since the elderly may be wealthy from a lifetime of saving, vulnerable from diminishing mental capacity, and/or trusting because of their reliance on others. The following are some of the more common types of financial abuse (cons, scams, and fraud are covered separately, in the next section).