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Financial Vulnerability - Balancing the Protection of Rights and The Protection from Harm
As a Social Worker, we must protect. But its this "duty" is ambiguous, do we protect the person from harm even if that means oppressing thei
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Jun 16, 20203 min read
What happens when an applicant requests a COP3 assessment, but the person has capacity?
In those instances where an individual is deemed to have sufficient capacity, our expert Social Workers record a full mental capacity assess
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Jun 1, 20202 min read
Mental Capacity and Organ Donation, Max and Keira's law.
Keira Ball was nine years old when she died in a car accident. But her donated organs saved the lives of four people, including Max Johnson.
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May 26, 20202 min read
COP3 Mental Capacity Assessment Should I Ask My GP?
When applying for an order from the court of protection , a mental capacity assessment for the specific decision is a general requirement....
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May 15, 20202 min read
Lasting power of attorney or Deputyship COP3?
We are often asked to assess whether a client has sufficient mental capacity to grant lasting powers of attorney and if not, complete a...
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May 7, 20202 min read
Breaking Bad - The Barriers of Telehealth Video Assessments.
In recent weeks the acceptance of telehealth video-link assessments has become widespread due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 2, 20204 min read
The importance of a professional Health and Welfare Attorney.
Dementia sucks, it's simple. But One million people in the UK will have dementia by 2025, and this will increase to two million by 2050,...
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May 2, 20203 min read
Decision Specific Assessment Vs General Capacity Assessment
We often hear “can you complete a general capacity assessment”
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May 2, 20202 min read
Liberty Protection Safeguards - What We Know So Far
What are Liberty Protection Safeguards? In my previous blog, I discussed DoLS and the proposed changes from the current system to a new...
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May 2, 20204 min read
Fluctuating capacity and the Principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
When working with individuals you may notice that their decision making can be very different from one day to the next. You may also notice
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May 2, 20203 min read
How legal professionals are intrinsic in safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse.
let us be honest, a large proportion of people only consider a lasting power of attorney when a diagnosis of a dementia type illness is rais
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May 2, 20202 min read
The Mental Capacity Amendment Bill
On April 24 h the House of Lords completed their 3 rd reading of the MCA amendment Bill.
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May 2, 20203 min read
Postmortem retrospective testamentary mental capacity assessments from a Social Work approach
Postmortem retrospective testamentary mental capacity assessments from a Social Work approach. When an individual's last will and...
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May 2, 20203 min read
Winter Is Coming
It’s coming to that time of year again when the phrases “delayed discharge” and “winter pressures” start to creep into everyday...
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May 2, 20203 min read
Solicitors and Independent Social Work
Historically most contact between the social work profession and solicitors has either been via local authority legal teams or when...
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May 2, 20202 min read
1.2 million older people not having their assessed needs met in the UK.
Adult Social Care: how do we fix it? Adult social care is a troublesome area and will continue to be for many generations, we are living...
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May 2, 20204 min read
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