The Act introduces several new roles, bodies and powers, all of which support the Act’s provisions. One of these is the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, which introduces the role of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA). The IMCA Service is intended to support and represent people who lack the capacity to make important decisions about serious medical treatment and changes of accommodation, and who have no family or friends whom it would be appropriate to consult about those decisions. The IMCA Service can also be instructed in vulnerable adult protection cases if the local authority or NHS body is satisfied that it would be of particular benefit to the person to do so. In vulnerable adult protection cases only, access to IMCAs is not restricted to people who have no one else to support or represent them.
Unit 304: Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks 1.1 Key legislation that relates to the fulfilment of rights and choices and also minimises the risk of harm to an individual with dementia is: * Human Rights Act 1998 * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 * Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DOLS) * Mental Health Act 2007 * The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 * Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 * Carers (Equal opportunities) Act 2004 This legislation is there to protect individuals from harm and abuse, it also protects the rights of that individual so that they have the freedom to believe, do and say as they
In addition, researchers should avoid citing new references in the Discussion (Pryczak, 2008). The author of tis research cited new research on EFI scores that had not been previously cited. In research articles, the authors should discuss specific implications regarding the discoveries in research (Pryczak, 2008). The researchers state “FT may prove effective in the future because it moves to the heart of the matter for some clients. Deep hurts borne out of unfair treatment seem to play a part in substance use and abuse,” (Lin, 2004).
Passer et al. (2009). The main focus of the psychodynamic theory is the effect of the unconscious mind on behaviour and emotions, however in order for the theory to be fully understood, it is essential to be aware of the assumptions that this perspective makes. One of the key ideas, fundamental to the psychodynamic perspective is the assumption that behavioural patterns executed as adults have direct links to previous childhood experiences. This assumption can help to explain how traumatic childhood events can lead to further psychological issues as adults.
UNIT CU1681 PC1.1 The legislation that has an impact on rights, choices and minimising the risk of harm for individuals with dementia are: * Human Rights Act 1998 * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Mental Health Act 2007 * Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2005 * Disability Discrimination Act 1995 * Mental Health Act 2007 Together these acts form the rights and freedom of an individual. These affect the rights of an individual’s everyday life and say what they can and can’t do, beliefs and rights. PC1.2 The care home must have policies and procedures which include: * Mission statement * Health and safety * Person centred planning * Safeguarding * Complaints procedure * Moving and handling * Equality policy These relate to our practise as these have to be followed and are a structure of how we must work to ensure safe, current practise. PC1.3 Confidential information may be shared with an individual’s family/ advocate, when taking into account consent from the individual in cases of neglect, abuse, treatment etc or information that is shared in the individual’s best interest. I f the individual is incapable of giving consent then it should be the immediate family or next of kin.
Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults is defined as: · protecting them from maltreatment · preventing impairment of service users health or development · Ensuring that vulnerable adults are living in environments consistent with the provision of safe and effective care. Adult protection is a part of safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific service users who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm. Effective protection is essential as part of wider work to safeguard
This form is shorter than the others, as the fact that the patient is expected to remain alert during the procedure makes some of the information covered in forms 1 and 2 unnecessary. The use of this form is optional. • Form 4 for adults who lack capacity to consent to a particular treatment. As no-one else can give consent on behalf of such a patient, they may only be treated if that treatment is believed to be in their ‘best interests’. This form requires health professionals to document both how they have come to the conclusion that the patient lacks the capacity to make this particular healthcare decision, and why the proposed treatment would be in the patient’s best interests.
In the field of psychology ethical dilemmas have been on the rise for mental health professionals when it comes to HIV-positive clients that have not disclosed their HIV status to their sex partner, and the duty to warn principle. When hearing the duty to warn most people think of the duty to protect principle. These two principles are completely different when it comes to psychologist. The duty to warn principle refers to the responsibility of a counselor to inform authorities or third parties if a client is a harmful threat to an identifiable individual. According to Pabian, Y. L., Welfel, E. R., & Beebe, R. (2007) this case law requires the psychologist to make a good faith effort to contact the identified person who the client intends to harm or notify law enforcement.
Furthermore, the fact that inspecting bodies such as The Care Quality Commission with broadened powers under the Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulations 2010) to register services, carry out unannounced Inspections and impose varying sanctions , including closure of non-compliant services deemed to be constituting a high risk to public health and safety, serves to motivate Health and Social Care Providers to work towards integration and implementation of EDI values in their policies, procedures and systems.The Government white paper, ‘Valuing People’ first published in 2001 as a new strategy for delivering care to individual with Learning Difficulties, highlighted four major aspects of how care should be delivered. * Rights * Independence * Choice * InclusionIn the document Summary Page 2, allusion is made of the fact that very few People with Learning Difficulties, ‘have jobs, live in theirown homes or have choice over who cares for them. This needs tochange: people with learning disabilities
Introduced in an attempt to improve services for people with a mental disorder, the CPA was hailed by the government as a main part of its mental health policy. The principle of the CPA is to improve the conveyance of care for people with severe mental illness. It aims to identify who these people are and what their needs are. Services and resources can then be prioritise and allocated. It was introduced in April 1991 and quickly became one of the main features in the involvement, intervention and treatment of people with a mental disorder.