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The MCA (Mental Capacity Act) Directory has been developed to provide a single space for the sharing of useful information and tools to aid the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Here you will find publications, videos, and academic research that professionals across Health and Social Care may find useful in their day-to-day practice.
This presentation explores the difference between Lasting Power of Attorney, Enduring Power of Attorney and a Court Protection Order, when to use them, and the process to obtain the relevant legal documents.
Guidance on how to complete the DoLS form 10.
This guide is for utility organisations of all sizes and in all sectors including energy, water, and communications. It offers guidance on how to increase employees’ understanding of dementia and create processes and practices to make the utilities sector more accessible to people affected by dementia.
This guide is for utility organisations of all sizes and in all sectors including energy, water and communications. It offers guidance on how to increase employees’ understanding of scams and recommends processes and practices to support utility companies in preventing, spotting and stopping individuals becoming a victim of a scam.
A full list of terms and explanations relating to Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
Frequently asked questions, providing guidance for general practitioners around the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983, decision making, identifying a deprivation of liberty, authorising a deprivation of liberty in hospital and care home settings and in domestic settings, and deprivation of liberty.
Sitra, the Carers Trust and Care Charts UK designed this booklet to provide support and guidance about decision making for carers of people living with dementia. Carers provided examples of decisions they make with and for the person they care for. The booklet uses their experience to bring alive how carers manage supported decision making to maintain a good quality of home life, whilst keeping the people they care for as independent and safe as possible. It covers the key principles at the heart of the Mental Capacity Act; how to assess capacity; and making decisions on behalf of someone.
This training session presentation focuses on deprivation of liberty safeguards, identifies changes to be implemented due to case law and examines the effects of the case law in procedure and practice.
Case law summary relating to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
This leaflet explains what it means to be on a standard DoLs and what are the rights of care home residents and hospital patients.
A quick guide to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, looking at the use of DoLS, the role of the Managing Authority, what to do when a deprivation of liberty is identified, what happens when an application is made, the roles of the Supervisory Body and the Relevant Persons Representatives, and what happens when an authorisation ends.
This presentation explains what deprivation of liberty is and sets out practical steps to avoid it occurring. It explains when a DoLS authorisation may be needed and describe the process for authorisation and how to make referrals to the system.
