Self-neglect: online open course

Course content includes:

• an overview of self-neglect indicators
• the interface between self-neglect and safeguarding adults
• how best to respond to self-neglect as outlined by the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act
• legal options and other levers
• how to embed good practice with examples of case studies.

Participants will be able:

• to know how to recognise and work with people who self-neglect
• to explore limits and responsibilities of intervention
• to understand the application of the Mental Capacity Act in relation to self-neglect
• to consider when adult safeguarding may be an appropriate response
• to understand best practice and learn how to develop strategies to achieve this.