Nursing home occupants have a tendency to be a somewhat defenseless populace on account of age, sickness, and finances. At times, inhabitants have been exploited, overlooked, and mishandled by nursing home staff. Further, there is worry that disregard and mishandle may be underreported in light of the fact that occupants expect that their consideration will be inconveniently influenced on the off chance that they voice their grievances (Kennedy, Bower, Reeves, Blakeman, Bowen, Chew-Graham & Lee, 2013). In this way, the checking of nursing homes is essentially vital. Then again, there have likewise been situations where inhabitants have manhandled nursing home staff both physically and verbally.…
• This video is a round table discussion and the participants talk about their experiences in the working environment and recommend some solutions. • The participants are RN Sandra Keating, RN Adrienne Cunnane, RN Carol Nafziger, RN Marina Gibson, RPN Kim Anderson, and RN Ross Smith. • RN Sandra Keating gives an introduction about the video and she says that the best way in prevention of abuse is the awareness about it by everyone. • RN Adrienne Cunnane, states that there is so much stress for nurses in everything they do regardless of whether in community care or in intense care or in long- term care.…
Many care/residential homes have a mission statement which sets out the commitment of the home toward diversity, inclusion and equality. There must also be written policies, designed to reflect the rights and responsibilities of those living within the homes environment. Policies should also provide guidance for staff and visitors to the home on ways to ensure inclusive practice. Policies are developed in response to legislation, codes of practice and statutory frameworks. By having these systems and processes in place it ensures that any acts of discrimination are dealt with in the correct way and according to your workplace practices thereby ensuring all individuals are treated in a fair and equal manner.…
In this assignment I will establish an understanding of Interprofessional Working. This will include key principles of the topic which affect such diverse groups of service users I may encounter. Whilst continually reflecting on own experiences, I will aim to identify any key areas for improvement which could improve my experience of collaborative working as a professional. Defined by Thomas et al (2009) Interprofessional working is a ‘process whereby members of different professions and/or agencies work together to provide integrated health and/or social care for the benefit of service users’.…
A patient (service user) uses the service as she has mental health problems. Mary uses the service for counselling. Mary is a vulnerable adult and is at risk of abuse because she is an elderly lady with mental health problems and isn’t as strong as she use to be. Mary lives in a full time care home where she gets all the support she needs.…
When there is suspicion of abuse with vulnerable adults, there are procedures that have been set up by organisations that work with the multi disciplinary framework to care for the adults. These are the six steps of action: Alert, Referral, Decision Making, Assessment, Review and Monitor and Record. All possible abuse cases must be shared with immediate communication and professional responsibility. There is whistleblowing, ‘Whistleblowing’ is when a worker reports suspected offence at work. Officially this is named ‘making a disclosure in the public interest’.…
Harm reduction is an effective way of help people with addiction issues, it meets the addicts where they are on their journey and doesn’t try to force abstinence on them, which let’s face it, tends to backfire! “Harm reduction allows us to assess each person individually and plan treatment that is tailored to the individual’s relationship with alcohol and other drugs. It also incorporates other important problems: emotional disorders, family problems, social alienation, and medical complications. (Denning, 2001.)” This allows the people to have other focuses without losing sight of addiction and it is unique in the sense that patients don’t have to commit to abstinence.…
Trauma comes in many shapes and forms across the board. Trauma, or a deep distressing or disturbing experience, is experienced by everyone at some point in their lives. Children coming from hard places sometimes experience more trauma in their few years of life than some adults experience throughout their entire lives. Examples of trauma can be anywhere from sexual abuse, to living in poverty, moving from place to place, and even the death of a loved one. These traumas mold and shape the child emotionally and sometimes physically if the child as suffered neglect or physical abuse.…
It is important for everyone working or using the health and social care sector must have the right to be kept safe from danger and harm. There should be a health and safety policy in all setting that states all the actions, rules and regulations that must be followed to keep all those using the service and staff safe and healthy. The right to be allowed access to information about…
Is Harm Reduction Therapy Good or Bad? SWO 438 Amanda Henegar November 4, 2016 Is Harm Reduction Therapy Good or Bad? Harm reduction therapy is still a controversial form of therapy in today’s society. Harm reduction is an approach used to prevent harm while not eliminating the behavior of drug use.…
In this chapter, the author mentioned that majority of black women who grew up in the abusive family will have a higher chance live in the abusive relationship in the adulthood. It is because those women usually want to leave home early and create their own family which is a myth that will lead them blind and believed those violate man were good (Potter, 2008). When they do not have a good education background or higher pay employment, it caused them live under the low social economical situation and depended on government supplying basic needs. The black women have to survive in another miserable life that increased the risk of intimate partner violence which determined as a negative circulation of destiny. Socioeconomic class is one…
The topic that impacted me the most would have to be intimate partner violence and abuse from chapter 14 on domestic violence and other family health issues. This topic had an impact on me the most because it is something that happens all the time. We just can’t see it or don’t know the signs that it is happening. Intimate partner violence is when abuse occurs between two people that are in a close relationship. There are three different types of violence the first is physical abuse this is when a partner is threatening, trying to hurt, or is hurting the other person by physical force.…
I have spent most of my life among drug addicts and mental illness. Coming from a small town, help is scarce and often surrounded by stigma. The cycles of abuse are passed down from one generation to the next as I watch my peers succumb to addiction. While a childhood friend was being arrested for dealing heroin, I was given an opportunity to participate in biomedical research, which led me to understand the mechanisms behind certain drugs and their interactions in the brain. I learned about dopamine addiction theory and about psychopharmacologists working towards cures for cocaine addiction, which intrigued me and set me on a path to study neuroscience here at Vassar.…
I talked about this situation with my field supervisor and she advised me that I am going to deal with these types of situation in my career as a social worker. She instructed me to…
Ethical Issues When Social Workers Specialize in Addictions Social workers that specialize in addictions can face many ethical issues while trying to help their client achieve sobriety. A social worker needs to focus on human relations, trust building, allowing the client to make independent decisions, and to show an acceptance and respect for the client regardless of the situation. One ethical issue is if a woman is seeking help for substance abuse and she discloses that she is pregnant.…