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Care home misconduct. Is this abuse?

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Staffielove23 · 20/01/2023 12:05

I work in a care setting looking after older adults with LD, mental health, etc. The other day a guy I look after told me a member of staff had hidden his iPad. At first I thought he’d gotten confused as that seems really restrictive to me. I queried it with said staff member and they had indeed hidden it in the laundry room where he couldn’t reach it because he had behaved badly the previous evening. They said he was trying go outside to walk around the gardens in the snow and the ice, and that he was just generally very rude and not listening. Aibu in thinking that’s abit abusive? There have been other similar incidents happening like that and I’m starting to have serious concerns about safeguarding.

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Howmanysleepsnow · 21/01/2023 20:58

That would be a dismissal for me.

pawprintseverywhere · 21/01/2023 20:59

Yes please report. This is a care home setting for adults with failing capacity not a school with unruly kids. They should thus be treated like adults with dignity and respect - confiscating items due to "Bad behaviour" is indeed a safe gaurding issue.

GlitteryUnicornSparkles · 21/01/2023 21:01

I work in the same setting. This should definitely be reported to the safeguarding lead.

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