... underused. We clearly have much to gain from studying the approaches used in Korea, as well as in The Netherlands, Scandinavia and in the USA where the idea was born. Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy is another kind of advocacy in England and Wales, developed for the Mental Capacity Act 2005...

... Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mental capacity act Intellectual disability Learning disability Quality of care Acute hospital Mainstream health-care staff The three themes identified in Alice Durrant’s article are easily recognisable to any...

... model of disability was first proposed by Oliver, adults with learning disabilities still do not experience the full range of their rights as citizens. Human rights Mental capacity act Learning disabilities Adult social care Citizenship Voting The percentage of people who abstained...

...), outcome monitoring, advice regarding support groups (e.g. AA and SMART recovery), community and inpatient detoxification, and assisted withdrawal treatment – all of which John received during his 18-month treatment. Autism Mental capacity act Mental health problems Valuing people Policy...

... Act Deprivation of liberty Bournewood Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in England and Wales as an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act (HM Government, 2005), and are designed to provide due processes for determining, if a person lacks the capacity to make a particular...

... at: ed.horowicz@edgehill.ac.uk Human rights Learning disabilities Challenging behaviour Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of liberty Law commission © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only In Re K (2001) the England and Wales...

... . Department of Health (DoH) (2001), Valuing People: A New Strategy for People with Learning Disabilities in the 21st Century , The Stationery Office , London . Department of Health (DoH) (2005), “ Mental Capacity Act ”, HMSO , London . Department of Health (DoH) (2009), Valuing People...

... strategies which need to be applied to clinical practice if any improvement is to happen in the care of PWID. Intellectual disability Mental Capacity Act Assessment Learning disabilities Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities Valuing people It is recognised that, as people...

... analysis and discussion. Findings – The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards could be used more widely, and in preference to the Mental Health Act, but this may cause problems to clinicians and other decision makers such as Mental Health Tribunals. Originality/value – This case...

...Hilary Brown; Liz Marchant Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the way that practitioners apply the 2005 Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in complex cases involving people with learning disabilities who cannot make some key decisions by themselves. Like many qualitative studies it began...

...Robin Mackenzie; John Watts Following a case in the 1990s when a learning‐disabled man was admitted to hospital unlawfully, the UK government has introduced the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards into the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This article discusses the case that was the background...