Is this statement true or false? Having mental capacity means being able to understand and retain information and make a decision based on that information.

Is this statement true or false? The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005. They apply in Scotland and Wales only.

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The Care Act is an important piece of because it spells out what Local Authorities (LAs) have to do to meet the of adults (people over the age of 18) and the family who support them. The Act gives a new duty to LAs to , reduce and delay the need for care and support and intervention.

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Deprivation of Safeguards (DoLS) ensure people who cannot to their care arrangements in a care home or hospital are protected if those arrangements them of their liberty. Arrangements are to check they are necessary and in the person’s best interests. Representation and the right to a deprivation are other that are part of DoLS.

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The Mental Act allows restrictions and to be used in a person’s support, but only if they are in the best of a person who lacks capacity to make the decision themselves. and restraint must be proportionate to the the care giver is seeking to prevent.