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A guide to enduring powers of attorney
- Author:
- OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Publisher:
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet is designed to assist those who have either made an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) or are acting as an Attorney under an EPA.
The role of the Public Guardianship Office in safeguarding vulnerable adults against financial abuse
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BURNS Sophie, WILSON Barry
- Publisher:
- Public Guardianship Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research project was commissioned by the Public Guardianship Office and took place between 2001 and 2002. Although the research was specifically designed to assist the PGO to better understand and respond to financial abuse in its own context, much of what was revealed has wider implications and applicability.
Making decisions: an easyread guide
- Author:
- OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Publisher:
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Having mental capacity means being able to make your own decision about something. This is an easy read guide for those who need assistance.
Making decisions: a guide for family, friends and other unpaid carers
- Author:
- OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Publisher:
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
'Doing the right thing': the information and support needs of receivers and attorneys: report to the Public Guardianship Office
- Authors:
- RAY Sujata, THOMPSON Pauline, SHARP Ellen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age Concern carried out some qualitative research on behalf of the Public Guardianship Office, looking at the information needs of Receivers and Attorneys. It focussed on the information available to Receivers/Attorneys at the time, and identified areas of improvement. This is a summary of the research report.
A will to live
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.4.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A social workers talks to the author about the dilemma she faced when she tried to find an alternative to sectioning a man with a young family who had tried the hang himself, and was intent on further suicide attempts.
Community-dwelling cognitively impaired frail elders: an analysis of social workers' decisions concerning support for autonomy
- Author:
- HEALY Tara C.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 30(2), 1999, pp.27-47.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Home health care practice with cognitively impaired elders and their families often raises difficult clinical and ethical issues for social workers. In this American study the influence of safety, caregiver burden, and diagnostic labels on social workers' support for autonomy are examined.
Findings from an online survey of family carer experience of the management of challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities, with a focus on the use of psychotropic medication
- Authors:
- SHEEHAN Rory, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 46(2), 2018, pp.82-91.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: There is relatively little published data that report the experiences and views of family carers of people with intellectual disabilities who display challenging behaviour who are prescribed psychotropic medication. Materials and methods: An online structured questionnaire was created by the Challenging Behaviour Foundation, a UK charity, and family carers of people with intellectual disability. Questions concerned the management of challenging behaviour and asked family carers about their experiences and views on the use of psychotropic medication. Responses were gathered between August and October 2016. Results are summarised using descriptive and inferential statistics and descriptive analysis of free‐text comments. Findings: Ninety‐nine family carers completed the survey. Family carers reported gaps in the holistic and proactive management of challenging behaviour. Whilst some felt involved in decisions around psychotropic medication prescribing, others described feeling marginalised and lacking information and influence. The decision to prescribe psychotropic medication evoked complex emotions in family carers and medication use was associated with mixed outcomes in those prescribed. Family carers identified areas of good practice and those areas where they believe improvements are needed. Conclusions: Psychotropic medication should be only one option in a multimodal approach to challenging behaviour, but this may not always be reflected in current practice. Greater effort needs to be made to ensure that services are equipped to provide optimum care and to embed shared decision‐making into routine practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making decisions ...about your health, welfare or finances: who decides when you can't?
- Author:
- OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Publisher:
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
This booklet gives you information about the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the ‘Act’), which affects anyone who is unable to make some or all decisions for themselves. The inability to make a decision could be because of a learning disability, mental health problems, brain injury, dementia, alcohol or drug misuse, side effects of medical treatment or any other illness or disability.
A guide to supervision of deputies
- Author:
- OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Publisher:
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information about the supervision received from the Office of the Public Guardian (the 'OPG') when someone is appointed to the role of Deputy for a person who lacks capacity to make certain decisions for themselves. It sets out the Deputies role and that of the OPG in supervising them.