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.

Findings of a survey of care home managers to look into how successfully the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) was being implemented on the front line of residential care. Respondents answered questions on the five principles of the MCA, and the questions asked how well they lead and supported their staff teams to understand and enact these principles. This research shows how some managers take a range of approaches to MCA implementation. Mentorship, coaching and active, floor-based management seemed to recur in the answers from managers who really wrote confidently about their staff team’s understanding of the MCA. One of the greatest apparent barriers to MCA implementation was information and knowledge not filtering down in homes where managers considered that the MCA, capacity assessments, Best Interests Decisions and DoLS were the concern of managers only, when this should not be the case and all staff should be engaged with, and inform these processes.

A step by step guide to help decide which legislation to use when making decisions about admission to a care home/remaining in a care home. The process outlined in the diagram applies only to patients who are 16 years or older – different arrangements are in place for under 16s.

This flowchart describes the steps managing authorities need to take on or prior to admission in relation to DoLS.