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LO3 Safeguarding Adults in Primary Care

   

Added on  2020-10-23

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SAFEGUARD LO3

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Explanation of existing working practices and strategies designed to minimise abuse in healthand social care contexts...............................................................................................................1Evaluation of the effectiveness of working practices and strategies used to minimise abuse inhealth and social care contexts....................................................................................................2Discussion of the possible improvements to working practices and strategies to minimiseabuse in health and social care contexts......................................................................................2CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTIONSafeguarding adults is referred to be an utmost concerning matter for the health andsocial (HSC) settings to protect the vulnerable group of people from any type of abuse. This hasa key role of various legislative norms and work practices to ensure their safety and wellbeing(Mackay, 2017). Minimizing the risk of abuse with help of certain effective strategies has beendiscussed in this report below. It has primarily demonstrated the existent work practices bytogether assessing their effectiveness in the next section by lastly illustrating some possibleimprovements in them, as well. Explanation of existing working practices and strategies designed to minimise abuse in healthand social care contextsAbuse refers to violation of human as well as civil rights by others. Vulnerableindividuals are those who are in requirement of some type of community care services due to anykind of mental or physical disability, disease or age, etc. and for which, they are not enoughsufficient to take care of one own- self. However, there exists certain effective working practiceswith strategies to minimize abuse in HSC settings. This involves-Educational approach- This is a well-known approach in HSC setting thatinvolves both government, healthcare providers and local authorities gettinginvolved in adult care homes to educate vulnerable people, looking for help. It iswith a main agenda of ensuring basic knowledge in individuals about accessiblemedication and legislative norms for combating their disability. Mental and/ or physical exercise programmes- It is with a specific participationof governmental bodies and healthcare centres to provide workout facilities tothose who are mentally or physically incompetent (Cooper, Cocker and Briggs,2018). This in turn assists the vulnerable people in getting recovered from theirdeteriorated condition to interact more with the society with a strong mindset andface minimal risks of getting abused. Legislative strategies with whistle blowing policies- This is usually beingpractised in care homes for assuring the safety of those people who needs somesort of special care. These strategies are basically used as a mean of updating themanagers along with other responsible parties to take care of any abusive situationwith employees or any other individual to avoid its future occurrence. For which,1

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