Tackling neglect & abuse in helath & social care settings.
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Proposal Title “Tackling neglect and abuse among vulnerable adults living in Redbridge care homes.” Research question How to identify the basic understanding about the neglect and abuse in healthcare settings? What are the causes behind occurrence of neglect and abuse among vulnerable adults in Redbridge care homes? How to analyse the strategies to tackle the neglect and abuse among vulnerable adults in Redbridge? What are the ways to examine the roles of care professionals to reduce neglect and abuse with vulnerable adults in Redbridge care homes? Introduction Neglect and abuse can be defined as a kind of harmful attempts which impact negatively on physical and psychological state of an individual. It includes that wrong activities which influence the health of an individual intentionally then these are known as abusive activities. Meanwhile, it is observed that abuse can be of different types such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and emotional abuse. However, the abuse and neglect can be considered as potential factors that can threaten the emotional, physical and mental state of an individual (Maguire-Jackand Showalter,2016). It is observed that abuse can be identified by the help of several symptoms including multiple bruising, fractures, burns, bed sores, fear, depression, unexplained weight loss, assault etc. It is necessary to make effective as well as efficient policies in care homes eliminate threat of abuse and neglect for delivering better quality of care facilities to vulnerable adults. Moreover, the abuse and neglect must be eliminated because it can results into long term consequences like re-victimisation, physical health issues, suicidal behaviour, eating disorder & obesity, alcohol & substance abuse and many more. It is necessary for care professionals to take care that activities related to neglect and abuse should be eliminated in care homes.