204 Task B Research and Account

204 Task B Research and Account

Identify two reports on serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. Write an account that describes the unsafe practices in the reviews.

Suggested word count: 400 words

Report 1

There was a report about castle beck care Ltd in October 2012. This report was shown on a TV documentary involving  vulnerable adults being abused at  winterbourne hill, this home was owned by castle beck care Ltd, staff at winterbourne  in adequately protecting and putting the people they supposed to look after at serious risk of all different kinds of abuse,

One member of staff trapped patients under chairs while he sat on them watching television. A female patient had shower gel squirted in her eyes and was left in a freezing garden after having a

jug of cold water poured over her. She was also asked by a carer: ‘Do you want me to get out a cheese grater and grate your face off? ‘Do you want me to turn you into a giant pepperoni? Shall I get a razor and cut you up?’ he added.

Castle beck care ltd failed to inform CQC of any of these incidents, and injuries to individuals. And at times when the people they supported went missing.

Report2

In March 2002, a 30-year-old woman with learning disabilities was admitted to Borders General Hospital in Scotland with multiple injuries as a result of sustained physical and sexual assaults. The abuse had been carried out at home and was perpetrated by three men, one of whom was her carer. ‘The case of the vulnerable adult’  is the term that the individual involved has asked to be used. Her identity is protected under rules giving anonymity to victims of rape

The woman had made allegations against one of the perpetrators as a child but agencies decided her mother could protect her. When her mother died, he was allowed to become her carer, making her sleep on a carpet in the hall at his home. He began taking the woman’s benefit money, deprived her of food and liquid and made her sit in the dark for long periods. Together with two friends he forced her to strip, shaved her head, sexually assaulted her and repeatedly stamped on her face and body. They also threw the woman over a fence, handcuffed her to a door and set fire to her clothing.

The police, health and social services had been aware of allegations of abuse dating back to the woman’s childhood. These had been investigated and reported to the Procurator Fiscal but she was considered an unreliable witness due to her learning disability.