Description
Book SynopsisComplete with a foreword by the late Terry Bogg, this handy pocketbook provides accessible guidance to health and social care practitioners on the day-to-day aspects of using and applying the Mental Capacity Act. This includes practical advice, explored with practice examples, on how to set up and undertake an assessment and how to make and implement informed decisionsâquickly.
The busy mental capacity practitioner, whether an AMHP, social worker, nurse or from other health professions who encounter vulnerable service users, will find this guide invaluable for efficiently locating the information they need to complete an assessment, supported with a working knowledge of the law.
â Practice information, reflecting revised advice on the Mental Capacity Act and practice changes since Cheshire West
â Guidance on undertaking assessments with the updated Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards an
Table of Contents
Part 1: Mental Capacity and Best Interests
1. Setting the Scene
2. How do you know if someone cannot make a decision?
3. What does ‘best interests’ mean?
4. Supported and Substitute Decision Making
5. Mental Capacity Decisions in Specific Circumstances
Part 2: Deprivation of Liberty
6. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person
7. So, you think you need a DoLS?
8. The Best Interests Assessmen
9. Deprivation of Liberty in Specific Circumstances
Part 3: Tools and Checklists for Individuals and Organisations
