This training presentation introduces participants to the key messages of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and explores the implications for different service areas. The document: lists the five guiding principles; explains what it means to lack capacity; explains who the decision maker is; describes the role of an IMCA and how to contact them; examines the offences of ill treatment and wilful neglect; provides a brief overview of the roles of the Court of Protection, Deputies and Lasting Power of Attorney.

This is a summary of the rights people are entitled to when the council has decided they need to stay in a care home or hospital which they have named.

Form MCA1, Record of a Mental Capacity Assessment – for adults age 16 and over.

A guide for health and social care staff on how, and in which situations, a person can be referred to the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy service.

A case study focusing on a care home resident needing improvements to their accommodation, explaining how after intervention by an IMCA the decision was made to go ahead with the repair work. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, and shows how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study focusing on a patient with an acquired brain injury, needing a best interests decision made as to whether she should have a PEG feed inserted. The case shows how the correct application of the principles of the MCA ensured the least restrictive option was explored and the patient was able to make improvements in eating and drinking so the PEG was no longer needed. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, to show how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study describing how a decision had to be made about the permanent care arrangements for a service user temporarily placed in a care home, which appeared to be against her wishes. With IMCA intervention the resident was able to return home with a care package which she was more amenable to. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, showing how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study focusing on a patient with cognitive impairment, showing how the intervention by an IMCA ensured she was able to return to live at home with her dog instead of being admitted to a care home that did not allow dogs. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, and shows how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study focusing on patient decision to require representation in deciding whether she should be resuscitated and the intervention by an IMCA. It has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, showing how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study focusing on patient due to be discharged from hospital while there was disagreement amongst family members about where she should go. It shows how an IMCA intervention ensured that a decision could be made for the patient to be discharged to a 24-hour residential care placement, which was the only place where her complex needs could be met. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, and shows how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study focusing on a patient not being consulted in the decision about being discharged from hospital into a care home. However, after meeting with an IMCA it was decided that he did in fact have the capacity to decide where he wanted to live and was returned home with an appropriate care package. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, and shows how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.

A case study focusing on a patient wanting more independence upon moving from a mental health rehabilitation unit. It describes how the patient, supported by an IMCA, was able to move into supported living accommodation where he can be more independent. The case study has been drawn together by the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission, and POhWER, a major provider of advocacy services, showing how IMCAs can act as a powerful support to people who may lack capacity.