Unit 11- P1 & P2 safeguarding adult & promoting independence 
In this essay I will be describing the forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults and how social workers should be aware of these types of abuse. Vulnerable adult is an adult in need of community care service due to the fact they may suffer from mental or other disability, age or illness and are unable to take care of themselves and unable to protect themselves against significant harm or exploitation. Those vulnerable adults who are in risks of being physically abused are those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, ill health, dementia, and people with mental health needs, people who are aphasic, sensory impaired, comatose or semi-comatose and older people.
Physical abuse: Physical abuse is when a person intentional hurts or injuries you. This includes hitting, kicking and beating. Physical abuse is a non-accidental physical injury which can be done to vulnerable adult who could be in a residential care home by the service provider. The example of physical abuse involves: scratching, punches, biting, strangling, kicking, pulling of the hair, pushing or pulling, grabbing of clothes, shaking, suffocating the vulnerable adult, spitting and making the vulnerable adult swallow things, which they shouldn’t be or giving them medication when they don’t need it.
This could leave that adult feeling frighten of their service provider. It would make the vulnerable adult feel depressed and would unable to speak up due to their disability, age, illness or anything they might suffer from. They could feel isolated due to the institution the vulnerable adult has been placed in. However, a vulnerable can also be physically abused in their own home this could leave the vulnerable adult to self-harm themselves or even want their life to end due to the situation they are already in such as their disability or old age and on top of that them being abused. Physical abuse can make a vulnerable adult feel worthless and could lower their self-esteem stopping
Physical abuse: Physical abuse is when a person intentional hurts or injuries you. This includes hitting, kicking and beating. Physical abuse is a non-accidental physical injury which can be done to vulnerable adult who could be in a residential care home by the service provider. The example of physical abuse involves: scratching, punches, biting, strangling, kicking, pulling of the hair, pushing or pulling, grabbing of clothes, shaking, suffocating the vulnerable adult, spitting and making the vulnerable adult swallow things, which they shouldn’t be or giving them medication when they don’t need it.
This could leave that adult feeling frighten of their service provider. It would make the vulnerable adult feel depressed and would unable to speak up due to their disability, age, illness or anything they might suffer from. They could feel isolated due to the institution the vulnerable adult has been placed in. However, a vulnerable can also be physically abused in their own home this could leave the vulnerable adult to self-harm themselves or even want their life to end due to the situation they are already in such as their disability or old age and on top of that them being abused. Physical abuse can make a vulnerable adult feel worthless and could lower their self-esteem stopping
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