Principles of Care - 1.2

6) Protecting individuals from abuse

Abuse is defined as deliberate and intended to harm another person or a way of treating them which may cause them harm.

Abuse can be:

• Physical: punching, kicking, slapping or restraining people. It could also include handling people roughly when helping with bathing, moving individuals or toileting.

• Sexual: this could include touching or toher acts against the person without consent

• Psychological: humiliating or harassing an individual, bullying or shouting at someone

• Financial: theft of moeny or possessions, or fraud. Keeping control…