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Mental health, mental capacity and human rights: a practitioner’s guide
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information about human rights values and approaches for practitioners working in services supporting people with mental health or mental capacity issues. It looks at how the Human Rights Act work, legal duties under the Human Rights Act, and provides information about the key rights which are most relevant to practice in mental health and/or mental capacity settings. Human rights discussed include: right to life; right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman or degrading way; right to liberty; right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence; and right not be discriminated against in relation to any of the human rights. For each human right, the booklet outlines how practitioners might encounter this rights in their work, their practitioner duties, whether practitioners are able to restrict this right, and provides a short example. The booklet also includes a flowchart to help identify human rights issues in practice. It is the first of eight booklets developed as part of the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) project ‘Delivering Compassionate Care: Connecting Human Rights to the Frontline’, which aims to ensure that staff have the knowledge and skills uphold the dignity and human rights of the people using their services. It has been produced alongside seven issue-specific resources. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social care intervention and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information for social care practitioners about using the Human Rights Act and human rights approaches in social care settings, where mental capacity or mental health is a factor. The booklet is in three sections covering: removing people from their own home to a care setting, which includes a decision making flowchart; adult safeguarding interventions and ‘unwise’ decisions; rights of learning disabled people to marry and have a family. Each section outlines potential human rights issues for practice; suggestions for taking a human rights approach; information about the key rights most likely to be relevant to that area of practice; and worked examples. It is one of eight booklets developed as part of the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) project ‘Delivering Compassionate Care: Connecting Human Rights to the Frontline’, which aims to place human rights at the heart of mental health services and ensure frontline staff have the knowledge and skills uphold the dignity and human rights of the people using their service. The booklet is aimed at both qualified and unqualified staff. It also contains information that may be useful for people using services, their family, carers or advocates. (Edited publisher abstract)
End of life care and human rights: a practitioners guide
- Authors:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SUE RYDER
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 52
A practical guide to support those working in end of life care to deliver care services that respect human rights. The guide looks at how the Human Rights Act works and outlines six rights protected by the Human Rights Act that are likely to be most relevant to practice in end of life care. These are: the right to life; the right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment; the right to liberty; right to private and family life, home and correspondence; the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; and the right to enjoy all these human rights without discrimination. For each right the guide provides examples of how you could encounter this in your work, your legal duties, and whether it is possible to legally restrict this right and in what circumstances. Issues covered include: withdrawing and administering treatment; capacity, consent to treatment, and deprivation of liberty; Do Not Resuscitate orders; religious and other beliefs that may influence care and treatment. The guide also provides decision-making flowcharts to help identify human rights issues and for taking action to raise a human rights issues. Real life scenarios that look at applying human rights in practice are also included. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hospital discharge and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Authors:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ST MARTIN TOURS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide covers human rights and discharging people from mental health hospitals and is aimed at practitioners supporting people before, during or after discharge. It aims to provide practitioners with the knowledge to use human rights in practice, to design and deliver rights-respecting services. It focuses on three key issues for hospital discharge: delayed discharge from hospital, premature discharge from hospital, and discharge into an appropriate setting. It aims to promote independence and well-being, in the least restrictive setting possible; promoting recovery; focusing on the needs and wishes of the person and promoting autonomy. The guide is part of a series of toolkits on mental health/capacity and should be read in conjunction with ‘Mental health, mental capacity and human rights: a practitioner's guide’. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health, mental capacity: my human rights
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information about how human rights can be used to help people with a mental health or mental capacity issue to have more control over their own life when using health and care services. It explains what human rights are, how individuals human rights are protected, and who has duties to uphold these rights. It focuses on five human rights most relevant to mental capacity and mental health care. These are: right to life; right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment; right to liberty; right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence; right to be free from discrimination when using your other rights in the Human Rights Act. It looks at how each human right applies in health and care services, how a right could be restricted and the duties public officials have to protect these rights. Real life examples are used to illustrate key points. The booklet has been co-produced with six other organisations as part of the project Care and Support: A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health, mental capacity: raising a human rights issue: workbook
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides advice to help people with a mental health or mental capacity issue using health and care services to advocate for their own human rights. It provides on how you can identify whether an issue you have with your care or treatment is a human rights issue, and if so, how to raise it using human rights. It contains tips and tools about how to use human rights to challenge poor practice or decisions about care or treatment. It also includes flowcharts to aid with decision making and outline the steps that can be taken to challenge and resolve the decision. Case examples illustrate how the flowcharts can be used. The booklet has been co-produced with six other organisations as part of the project Care and Support: A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health early intervention and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information for practitioners working in mental health early intervention services about using human rights values and approaches. It covers both mental health settings in hospital or in the community. It aims to give practitioners the knowledge and confidence to use human rights in practice to design and deliver rights-respecting early intervention services. It is arranged around three key issues for early intervention services: Medication and consent, which includes a decision-making flowchart; assertive outreach; and Community Treatment Orders. Each section outlines potential human rights issues for practice; offers suggested responses which take a human rights approach; provides information about the key rights most likely to be relevant to that area of practice; and worked examples. Although produced for practitioners, it includes information that may also be useful for people using mental health early intervention services, their family, carers or advocates. It is one of eight booklets developed as part of the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) project ‘Delivering Compassionate Care: Connecting Human Rights to the Frontline’, which aims to help ensure that frontline staff have the knowledge and skills to place human rights at the heart of mental health services. (Edited publisher abstract)