Mental Capacity Act

Topics include: Mental capacity, Core principles and Protection overview.

1 hours and 50 minutes

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Through comprehensive overviews, you’ll also understand about making advance decisions, the role of the Court of Protection and Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), and how mental capacity assessment works.

This easily-to-digest four-module course considers the core principles legislated for under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
In the course you’ll learn how to make decisions in a person’s best interests, how to accurately assess someone’s mental capacity, and when and why to use restraint.
Through comprehensive overviews, you’ll also understand about making advance decisions, the role of the Court of Protection and Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), and how mental capacity assessment works.

  • Describe what is meant by ‘capacity’
  • Explain when an assessment of capacity should be undertaken
  • List the core principles of the MCA
  • Give examples of deprivation of liberty
  • Describe the role of IMCAs, attorneys and deputies
  • Explain what is meant by advance decisions, and when they are applicable

  • Core principles
  • Assessing capacity
  • Protection overview
  • Decisions overview

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