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Saturday 30 June 2012

Explain how person centered approach which offers choices and upholds rights can empower an individual and help to reduce the likelihood of abuse?

The main factor is in person centered approach to count and treat everyone as an individual with respect. Treating every individual with dignity, make informed choices, respecting every individual's views, encouraging and supporting in active participation, helping individual service user and all worker (regardless position) to make complaint and comments and maintaining confidentiality. All of the above practices can help individuals to gain their self-esteem and recognize their values, rights and powers what protect them from being abused.

Note (My research) : '' Over empowered vulnerable people can abuse care workers or surrounding others ''.

Describe three factors that may make individuals more vulnerable to use than others.

There are many factors can consider but I mentioned a few in below -

Setting : Work setting may have lack of trained staff, not enough staff, work pressure, stress.
* Individual's circumstance : Individual who is suffering from dementia or other mental health issue, who has disability, and who are isolated are more vulnerable than others.
* Work environment : Lone worker or isolation of service users, no management or supervision, no support.