Unit 11 Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Contexts of Abuse

You have 10 seconds to name… 5 places found on a Monopoly Board

Recap …. What we have learned so far Types of Abuse Indicators of Abuse What is a Vulnerable Adult

Where are people Abused own home; community care; day care; hospitals; residential care, independent living; Day care centres; health services, eg GP surgeries, dental surgeries, physiotherapy Contexts: people who are dependent on others for personal care; lack of mental capacity to consent to

Who is most at risk? people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities; ill health; dementia; people with mental health needs; people who are aphasic; sensory impaired; comatose or semi-comatose; Older people Aphasic – the inability to use or understand language

Contexts of Abuse people who are dependent on others for personal care; lack of mental capacity to consent to sexual relationships; adults who do not have the social awareness that abuse has taken place; adults who feel shame or fear of reporting; communication difficulties; discriminatory practice; bullying within care services; invasion of privacy; relationships involving power; social isolation