Neglect Abuse

Neglect can be on purpose or a matter of not understanding what your needs are:

• Not giving you proper food or clothing

• Failure to provide a warm, safe, comfortable environment

• Not providing aids to support your mobility such as walking sticks, walking frames, wheelchairs and grab rails

• Failure to prevent physical harm

• If you have a support worker; failure to read and follow your support plan

• Not allowing you to go to the Dr for treatment or regular check ups

• Not giving you medication in accordance with what the Dr has prescribed.

• Failure to provide basic levels of care

• Ignoring calls for help

• Being treating in an inhuman of degrading way for example not assisting you to keep clean and fresh in the way that you would like to be. 

Here is an example of what neglect can be:

Eileen lives with her son Martin and his wife Jess.  They have built an extension on to the house. However, the extension has not been properly insulated and Eileen’s room is damp. Eileen is prone to Cellulitis (a skin infection) on her leg. She keeps asking Jess to take her to the Doctor. Jess keeps telling Eileen to stop complaining. Eileen develops a severe infection and ends up needing hospital treatment.