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The Mental Capacity Act (2005) provides health and legal professionals with an academic framework to assess and evaluate an individual's ability to make a decision, but in practice, mental capacity assessments are often misunderstood and poorly conducted.

Grandpa on a Skateboard is a practical book for health and legal professionals that uses real-life case studies and provides clear, jargon-free guidance to simplify and explain the assessment process.

It has helped thousands of practitioners understand and improve their assessments of mental capacity. This fully updated third edition also covers virtual' assessments using video conferencing tools and how to deal with fluctuating mental capacity.

This book will:

Cut through the jargon and clarify the assessment process

Give you the confidence and ability to conduct robust assessments

Show how to set the threshold of understanding that is necessary for every assessment

Enable you to record your assessments appropriately so they stand up to legal scrutiny

Help you achieve the optimum outcome for those in your charge

Grandpa on a Skateboard: The practicalities of assessing mental capacity and unwise decisions

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      Publisher Rethink Press
      Published 23 September 2020
      ISBN-13 9781781334850
      978-1781334850
      ISBN-10 1781334854
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      Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics Mental health law

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Mental Capacity Act (2005) provides health and legal professionals with an academic framework to assess and evaluate an individual's ability to make a decision, but in practice, mental capacity assessments are often misunderstood and poorly conducted.

      Grandpa on a Skateboard is a practical book for health and legal professionals that uses real-life case studies and provides clear, jargon-free guidance to simplify and explain the assessment process.

      It has helped thousands of practitioners understand and improve their assessments of mental capacity. This fully updated third edition also covers virtual' assessments using video conferencing tools and how to deal with fluctuating mental capacity.

      This book will:

      Cut through the jargon and clarify the assessment process

      Give you the confidence and ability to conduct robust assessments

      Show how to set the threshold of understanding that is necessary for every assessment

      Enable you to record your assessments appropriately so they stand up to legal scrutiny

      Help you achieve the optimum outcome for those in your charge

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