The discrimination practice of treating everybody the same such as ignoring their individual needs, i.e. in the form of devaluing, could cause not feeling safe and living in fear of others and/or stress or poor mental health.
The discrimination practice of excluding people from activities because they are different, i.e. in the form of devaluing and exclusion, could cause withdrawal from other people and/or a feeling of not belonging in the care setting and/or a loss of confidence in own abilities.
The discrimination practice of making assumptions about people such as labelling or stereotyping people, i.e. in the form of verbal abuse, could cause loss of confidence in own abilities and/or not feeling safe and living in fear of others.
The discrimination practice of negative body language, i.e. in the form of devaluing and neglect, could cause not feeling safe and living in fear of others and/or a feeling of not being ‘worth anything; and/or a loss of confidence in own abilities.
If any of the things above had happened in a care setting the service user would not be getting their rights to equality so might start to feel unwanted or want to isolate themselves from any aspect pf the outside world. This is taking away some of the service users rights to have the same rights as everyone else.
This is shown in more detail on the table over leaf.
Factors affecting equality
There are many reasons why diversity affects equality and the effect that discrimination can have on the health and social care sector
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