The relationship between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and the legislation governing care and support, and the impact the MCA has on care and support decisions, and vice versa.
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.
Episode 5 of our legal webinar looks at the relevant information that the individual needs to understand, retain, use and weigh for the purposes of residence decisions, as well as what to take into consideration if a best interests decision needs to be made.
Episode 5 of our legal webinar looks at the relevant information that the individual needs to understand, retain, use and weigh for the purposes of residence decisions, as well as what to take into consideration if a best interests decision needs to be made.
Episode 3 of our legal webinar looks at the legal framework for working with people who hoard, focusing in particular on the first Court of Protection case to consider the issue of mental capacity and hoarding.
Episode 3 of our legal webinar looks at the legal framework for working with people who hoard, focusing in particular on the first Court of Protection case to consider the issue of mental capacity and hoarding.