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This section of the website looks at the various forms of abuse, though it should be recognised that people can be experiencing more than one form of abuse at anyone time.
Abuse is any action that harms another person.Abuse of adults with care and support needs is where someone in a position of trust hurts, harms or causes someone distress. Abuse is unacceptable; everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect and to live free of abuse or mistreatment, whether they live on their own, live with others, live in a care/nursing care home, attend a day centre or are in hospital.
Again anyone can abuse someone else, it can be a member of someone's family - this would be domestic abuse, or a paid carer, or a totally stranger. Sometimes people who are caring for someone can abuse them and this can be by accident - through lack of training/knowledge for a paid carer, however sometimes for a family member or friend who is caring it can be through frustration and anger. Although these are all types of abuse, the way in which they will be addressed maybe diferent.
The aim of Safeguarding is always to protect the victim and to stop the abuse occuring, but the way this is acheived can be done differently, including through legal action, discplinaries, through training staff member and offering support to carers etc.