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Understand legislation and frameworks in relation to the care and support of individuals with dementia
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‘Accessing and sharing information: Acting on behalf of a person with dementia’ has been produced by the Alzheimer’s Society. This booklet aims to provide advice to help you when a person with dementia needs help with their affairs. It gives practical advice on handling someone’s personal information to help them manage their affairs, or when managing their affairs for them.
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Reading Materials
‘Rights in roles: Human Rights: An overview for residential care staff’ published by BRAP
‘Care Act factsheets’ provided by the Department of Health
‘Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers’ from the National Institute for Health and care Excellence
‘Living Well With Dementia: a national dementia strategy’ from the Department of Health and Social Care
‘Dementia and the Mental Capacity Act 2005’ from the Alzheimer’s Society website
‘Key adult social care legislation’ from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
‘Dementia and decision-making’ from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
‘Promoting less restrictive practice’ from the Local Government Association
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The Alzheimer’s Society has produced ‘Dementia Statements and rights’.
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has a document on ‘Dementia and human rights: A practitioner’s guide’.
‘Accessing and sharing information: Acting on behalf of a person with dementia’ has been produced by the Alzheimer’s Society. This booklet aims to provide advice to help you when a person with dementia needs help with their affairs. It gives practical advice on handling someone’s personal information to help them manage their affairs, or when managing their affairs for them.
This section of the Carers Support Centre looks at ‘Carers rights’.
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