Working Practices and Strategies to Minimise Abuse in Health and Social Care

SAFEGUARDING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Q6 Existing work practices and strategies created to minimise abuse
in health and social care (3.1)
Health and services use various work practices and strategies so that
there can be minimisation of abuse while care is given. The current
practices followed in organisation is as follows:
Personalised Care:
This is a systematic working practice used by heath and care
organisations in which identification of priorities of elder
individuals, like Bridget is done so that they are heath and care
professionals can assess them and design strategies in such a way
that they can achieve the minimisation of abuse towards this specific
group.
Information sharing:
Information sharing is done when heath and care professionals are
assigned patients that they have to take care of. This practice allows
caretakers to analyse required information about the individual so
that they are able to determine solutions that can help them in
decreasing abuses that they experience.
CQC and ISA regulations:
Health and care organisations utilise working practices such as ISA
regulations in which they have services that are monitored, inspected
and regulated. This helps to ensure that vulnerable individuals like
Bridget are offered the right services and facilities, which will aid to
minimise abuse that they experience.
Safeguarding coordinates:
Safeguarding coordinates are working practices in which a board is
created, where caretakers of health and care organisations can be
provided with the right training programs so that they can implement
their learnings and safeguard their patients that suffer from abuse
issues. Proper strategies are created and records of concerns are kept
so that professionals can analyse and train nurses and caretakers
accordingly.
Q8 Improvements in working practices and strategies to minimise abuse in health and social care (3.3)
Working practices and strategies at health and care organisations have been effective with regard to minimisation of abuse in
healthcare, in the case of Bridget, an 82 year old that is vulnerable towards abuse. There are various improvements that can be made so that
organisations can help as much elderly people, so that everyone lives a peaceful and happy life. The following improvements can be made by
health and care organisations:
Training and developing programs for caretakers:
Health and care organisation can create training and developing programs for nurses and caretakers, so that they can work in
confidence and gain capabilities of reporting situations that they observe regarding physical, mental, financial or sexual abuse with elderly
people. It will help them to take strict action on these kinds of people and protect their patients.
Educating public and increasing awareness:
Making improvements in working practices requires educating the public and making them aware about the types of abuses and how
they can help in minimising it. This will ensure that cases are reported against people that abuse elderly individuals and prevent any kind of
misconduct that they feel may arise. It will protect people like Bridget and give her the justice she deserves. Mr.Y and certain people of his
category can be punished for the actions so that they can repent their mistakes.
Q7 Evaluation of effectiveness in working practices and strategies used to
minimise in abuse health and social care (3.2)
Working practices and strategies used in health and care organisations are
evaluated so that its effectiveness can be ascertained. The working practice of
personalised care has proved to be effective as professionals and caretakers are
able to understand what major problems patients are facing and how they can
prioritise them. They observed the incidents that were happening with Bridget
and were able to report it to the organisation. If proper personalised care is given,
solutions can be easily determined, which will eventually decrease abuses that
were done by Mr. Y and can prevent any further of them from happening.
Information sharing is very effective as healthcare professionals and caretakers
use various strategies to gain information from their patients. They asked
questions regarding Bridget's personal life and if there were any issues that she
was facing. But it was noticed that she was hesitant to tell them about the
physical and mental abuse that she experienced in her home, which was done by
her friend, Mr. Y. While various regulations regularly monitor the services given
to these elderly patients, so that inspection can be done to detect any ill treatment
or abuses that happens with them. This has helped to effectively minimise the
occurrence of people physically and psychologically abusing vulnerable people.
Finally, safeguarding coordinates strategies has shown positive effectiveness
towards minimisation of abuse and has helped Bridget to overcome harassment
that she had faced as key professionals reported misconducts that were done by
Mr. Y.
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