There are different types of harassments and Harassment
can take many forms. It can include:
1.
Physical Harassment such as hitting, pushing, pinching, shaking,
misusing medication, ; withholding food or drink; force-feeding ,scalding,
restraint and hair pulling, ; failing to provide physical care and aids to
living.
2.
Sexual Harassment such as rape, sexual assault, or sexual acts
to which the person has not or could not have consented, or pressurising
someone into sexual acts they don’t understand or feel powerless to refuse.
3.
Psychological or emotional Harassment such as threats of harm or
abandonment, being deprived of social or any other form of contact,
humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal Harassment
and being prevented from receiving services or support.
4.
Financial or material Harassment such as theft, fraud or
exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property, or inheritance,
misuse of property, possessions or benefits.
5.
Neglect such as ignoring medical or physical care needs and
preventing access to health, social care or educational services or withholding
the necessities of life such as food, drink and heating, or failing to ensure
adequate supervision or exposing a person to unacceptable risk.
6.
Discriminatory Harassment such as that based on race or sexuality
or, harassment, /slurs / maltreatment because of someone’s race, gender,
disability, age, faith, culture, or sexual orientation
7.
Institutional Harassment can sometimes happen in residential
homes, nursing homes or hospitals when people are mistreated because of poor or
inadequate care, neglect and poor practice that affects the whole of that
service.
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