Deborah Barnett
Deborah is a safeguarding adults consultant and trainer. She has experience of chairing/authoring safeguarding adults reviews and domestic homicide reviews, and chairing a safeguarding adults board.
She is the author of The Straightforward Guide to Safeguarding Adults: From getting the basics right to applying the Care Act and criminal investigations (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019) and Self-neglect and Hoarding: a guide to safeguarding and support (Jessica Kingsley, 2018).
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This case example looks at how a best interests decision was taken for a woman with hoarding disorder who was found to lack capacity to make the relevant decisions about her items and belongings. The decision in question was whether it was in the woman's best interests to implement a care and support plan to address her hoarding behaviour.
This case example takes a step-by-step look at a mental capacity assessment of a woman with hoarding disorder to determine whether she has the capacity to make decisions about her items and belongings.
This guide looks at the various reasons that can lead to someone hoarding (which comes under self-neglect in the Care Act) and gives advice and tools for working with adults with hoarding disorder to help them change their behaviour.
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