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Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

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In this tutorial you will learn:

The history and need for the legislation
The importance of taking the Act seriously
That the Act was written to protect and restore power to vulnerable people who lack capacity

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The article ‘Mental Capacity Act At a Glance’, produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence( SCIE) was used for the Good Practice Examples, but it contains a good introduction to the MCA (2005) with many further references and links.
Click to read more about 'Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)' on the SCIE website
‘Dementia and the Mental Capacity Act 2005’ from the Alzheimer’s Society website. Click on the link to read this article or listen to the audio version.
Find out more about the MCA (2005) from the website of MIND, a mental health charity.
Click to read ‘Mental capacity and mental illness’ on the Rethink Mental Illness website.
Click to read ‘The Relationship between the Children Act 1989 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005’ on the Child Protection Resource website.

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