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  2. A person lacks capacity if their mind is impaired or disturbed in some way, which means they're unable to make a decision at that time. Examples of how a person's brain or mind may be impaired include: mental health conditions – such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. dementia.

    • How Is Mental Capacity assessed?
    • Helping People Make Their Own Decisions
    • Is The Decision in Their Best Interests?
    • Finding The Least Restrictive Option
    • Advance Statements and Decisions
    • Lasting Powers of Attorney
    • The Court of Protection
    • Professionals' Duties Under The Mental Capacity Act

    The MCA sets out a 2-stage test of capacity: 1) Does the person have an impairment of their mind or brain, whether as a result of an illness, or external factors such as alcohol or drug use? 2) Does the impairment mean the person is unable to make a specific decision when they need to? People can lack capacity to make some decisions, but have capac...

    Before deciding a person lacks capacity, it's important to take steps to enable them to try to make the decision themselves. For example: 1. does the person have all the relevant information they need? 2. have they been given information on any alternatives? 3. could information be explained or presented in a way that's easier for them to understan...

    If someone lacks the capacity to make a decision and the decision needs to be made for them, the MCA states the decision must be made in their best interests. The MCA sets out a checklist to consider when deciding what's in a person's best interests. It says you should: 1. encourage participation – do whatever's possible to permit or encourage the ...

    Before you make a decision or act on behalf of someone who lacks capacity, always question if you can do something else that would interfere less with their basic rights and freedoms. This is called finding the "least restrictive alternative". It includes considering whether there's a need to act or make a decision at all. Where there's more than o...

    An advance statement is a written statement that sets down a person's preferences, wishes, beliefs and values regarding their future care. It's not legally binding. The aim is to provide a guide for anyone who might have to make decisions in a person's best interests if that person has lost the capacity to make decisions or communicate their decisi...

    You can grant a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) to another person (or people) to enable them to make decisions about your health and welfare, or decisions about your property and financial affairs. Separate legal documents are made for each of these decisions, appointing one or more attorneys for each. An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) under the ...

    The Court of Protectionoversees the operation of the Mental Capacity Act and deals with all issues, including financial and serious healthcare matters, concerning people who lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions. The court also tries to resolve all disputes when the person's carer, healthcare worker or social worker disagree about wh...

    The Mental Capacity Act applies to all professions – doctors, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants, and support staff. These staff and their employers have a duty to ensure they know how to use it. Most trusts and local authorities will have a Mental Capacity Act lead who provides specialist advice on how the Act w...

    • 1.1 Overarching principles. Recommendations for service providers and commissioners. 1.1.1 Service providers and commissioners should ensure that practitioners undergo training to help them to apply the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its Code of Practice.
    • 1.2 Supporting decision-making. 'A person is not to be treated as unable to make a decision unless all practicable steps to help him do so have been taken without success.'
    • 1.3 Advance care planning. Advance care planning involves helping people to plan for their future care and support needs, including medical treatment, and therefore to exercise their personal autonomy as far as possible.
    • 1.4 Assessment of mental capacity. 'A person must be assumed to have capacity unless it is established that he lacks capacity.' (Principle 1, section 1(2), Mental Capacity Act 2005.)
  3. Mental capacity means you have ability to make your own decisions. If you lose mental capacity the Mental Capacity Act 2005 protects you and your rights. You may lose mental capacity because of your mental illness. This section explains mental capacity and how the Act works.

  4. Aug 16, 2018 · And one of the first areas commonly affected by diminished capacity is the ability to make sound financial decisions. These 10 warning signs can help you start a planning process that avoids potential financial pitfalls.

  5. Oct 3, 2018 · best interests decision-making. Who is it for? Health and social care practitioners working with people who may (now or in the future) lack mental capacity to make specific decisions. Independent advocates, with statutory and non-statutory roles.

  6. Diminished capacity is a partial defense to charges that require that the defendant act with a particular state of mind. [1] .

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