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The MCA Directory raises awareness about the MCA, including the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Find useful information and tools to help understand or implement it. Also links to informative blogs and to the Social Care Online database of research and journals.
Part of National Mental Capacity Forum
This video sets out the importance of Lasting Powers of Attorney and Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment, both part of the Mental Capacity Act, as the best ways to maintain your control over decision-making.
Part of Mental Capacity Act (MCA)
The film looks at the five key principles of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), and how these can be applied to the care planning process.
A personalised approach gives people moving towards the end of life a voice and influence over their care. This video for health and care staff looks at how personalised care can be achieved through the Living Well tool, which involves creating a one page profile to record a person’s needs and wishes.
This video illustrates the steps involved in supporting a person with dementia to die well. It is crucial for health and care staff to recognise when they enter the final weeks and days of their life and to respond with person-centred care and support for them and their family.
SCIE Research briefing 40:End of life care for people with dementia living in care homes.
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