The Mental Capacity Act came into effect on 1 April 2007.
It applies to all people who are 16 years and older and is to
protect people who cannot make decisons for
themselves.
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Every day we make decisions about lots of things in our
lives. The ability to make decisions is called mental
capacity.
People may have difficulties making some
decisions either all or some of the time. This could be because
they have for example:
- a learning disability
- dementia
- a mental health problem
- a head injury or a stroke
The Act affects people in these situations. It will also affect
their families,carers, health and social care staff, and other
people who may have contact with them.
The Act also talks about decisions which everyone might want to
make whilst they still have the capacity to do so. An example of
this is, advanced decisions or living wills.
The Mental Capacity Act is now
implemented.
To find out more information please look at the leaflets which you
can download from the links on the right or go to the
Government website for all the recent
information and documents.
The Act is underpinned by 5 key principles - a
summary of these is now available.
The slides that go with the basic awareness raising training course are
now available
The slides that go with the advanced training course are now
available.
The Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) for Telford &
Wrekin is an organisation called POhWER.
The Public Guardian website has all the up to date
information and you can download
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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