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Why vulnerable groups may be vulnerable to abuse and/or harm to self and others

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1.1 Why vulnerable groups may be vulnerable to abuse and/or harm to self and other 1 AC 1.2 Review the risk factors which may lead to incidence of abuse and/or harm to self and others 3 AC 1.3. 1.1 Why vulnerable groups may be vulnerable to abuse and/or harm to self and other People with learning disability or suffering from challenging behaviour are vulnerable to harm, abuse and exploitations under settings in which they are intended to receive care, protection and sanctuary. Increase level of sick leaves

Why vulnerable groups may be vulnerable to abuse and/or harm to self and others

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Running head: SAFEGUARDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARESafeguarding Health and Social CareName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1SAFEGUARDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARETable of ContentsAC. 1.1 Why vulnerable groups may be vulnerable to abuse and/or harm to self and other.....1AC 1.2 Review the risk factors which may lead to incidence of abuse and/or harm to self andothers..........................................................................................................................................3AC 1.3........................................................................................................................................5References..................................................................................................................................7
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2SAFEGUARDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREAC. 1.1 Why vulnerable groups may be vulnerable to abuse and/or harm to self and other People with learning disability or suffering from challenging behaviour are vulnerableto harm, abuse and exploitations under settings in which they are intended to receive care,protection and sanctuary1. There are multiple factors that contribute towards abuse and theseinclude nature of the abuser and the abused, the society and organizational variables2. Abuseis mostly perpetrated via malicious individuals who target people with challenging behaviourdeliberately. Moreover, according to reports, too many vulnerable people reside inassessment and treatment units and these units increase the vulnerability of the people withlearning disability of getting victims of abuse3. Increase level of sick leaves in hospitals alongwith high rate of staff turnover, shortages of skilled health care professionals, long workinghours, compassion fatigue, stress and development of authoritarian style of care contribute toincrease in the vulnerability of abuse among the vulnerable population4. Increase in thepatient pressure and lack of proper training among the staff may be cited as a reason behindthe restraining of the patients of Winterbourne View hospital under chair or forcedmedication. Concerns have also been raised against the use of the agency staff where lessinformation is available about the quality of their work. The manner in which the staffs treatand perceive people with learning difficulties is also significant4. According to BBC news,corrupt and abusive care practices may be justified via “neutralization of moral concern”whereby individual with learning disabilities are perceived as less than complete human1Chapman, S.L.C. and Wu, L.T., 2012. Substance abuse among individuals with intellectualdisabilities.Research in developmental disabilities,33(4), pp.1147-1156.2Holmes, K.M. and O'loughlin, N., 2014. The experiences of people with learning disabilities on socialnetworking sites.British Journal of Learning Disabilities,42(1), pp.1-5.3Fyson, R. and Cromby, J., 2013. Human rights and intellectual disabilities in an era of ‘choice’.Journal ofIntellectual Disability Research,57(12), pp.1164-1172.4Ravoux, P., Baker, P. and Brown, H., 2012. Thinking on your feet: understanding the immediate responses ofstaff to adults who challenge intellectual disability services.Journal of Applied Research in IntellectualDisabilities,25(3), pp.189-202.
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3SAFEGUARDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREbeing, with negligible human rights and values5. Numerous beliefs may be cited to justify theabusive actions against the vulnerable groups. These beliefs include a perception of peoplewith learning disability as “other” and of lower status, the concept that they do not understandwhat is happening around. Disrespectful actions and behaviours may potentially harm theoverall consequences, increasing the risk factors of substance abuse among the vulnerablepeople. Homophobic and sexist mind set accelerates the risk that certain sexually derogatorybehaviours may be accepted, unrecognised and unchallenged6. Infantilizations, treating orperceiving people with learning disabilities as children further increases the vulnerability tophysical and emotional abuse, where the staff are ambivalent in regards to rights of thechildren and accept physical or sexual punishment of children or people with learningdisability as legitimate7. For example patients of Winterbourne View hospital are punished ina barbaric mode like cold punishment showers and mouthwash into another's eyes.Jokes attimes are misunderstood by the people with learning disabilities as they suffer from low self-esteem and thereby creating distress, humiliation, making them more vulnerable to abuse.According to a report published by BBC, abuse of people with learning disabilities in remainsunder-reported and often hidden. Even if the victimised individual highlights or discloses theevents of abuse, it went unheard or remains neglected. This series of neglection even afterrepeated complains generates frustration or a sense of failure among them. This sense offrustration along with the feeling of low self-esteem and humiliation transforms into tendencyof self-harm8. Like patients in the Winterbourne View hospital were found seeing jumpingout of the second floor window in an attempt to escape. However, this can also termed as anact of self-harm along with desperate act to freed oneself from brutal torture. 5BBC News. (2015).Learning disabilities abuse warning. [online] Available at: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34204824 [Accessed 17 Jan. 2018].6Marsland, D., Oakes, P. and White, C., 2015. Abuse in care? A research project to identify early indicators ofconcern in residential and nursing homes for older people.The Journal of Adult Protection,17(2), pp.111-125.7Scott-Sheldon, L.A., Terry, D.L., Carey, K.B., Garey, L. and Carey, M.P., 2012. Efficacy of expectancychallenge interventions to reduce college student drinking: A meta-analytic review.8Paterson, L., McKenzie, K. and Lindsay, B., 2012. Stigma, social comparison and selfesteem in adults with anintellectual disability.Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities,25(2), pp.166-176.
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