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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.
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.
Making decisions: the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service
- Author:
- OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN
- Publisher:
- Office of the Public Guardian
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This booklet is one of a series of six on the Mental Capacity Act published by the Mental Capacity Implementation Programme (MCIP). MCIP is a joint government programme between the Department of Health, the Department for Constitutional Affairs, the Public Guardianship Office and the Welsh Assembly Government that has been established to implement the organisation, process and procedures to launch the Mental Capacity Act in 2007. This booklet provides information on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service established by the Mental Capacity Act. It is not a statutory Code of Practice issued under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and is not a guide to how the law will apply to specific situations.
The drugs don't work
- Author:
- WADDELL Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.09.02, 2002, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Psychiatric service users and mental health professionals have long debated the merits of therapy as opposed to medication, or at the very least therapy in addition to psychiatric drugs. And with the safety of so-called "clean" SSRI (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor) antidepressant drugs being brought into question by users and professionals, the need for effective, client-focused rather than "clock-focused" therapies seems ever more important.
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.
Health in Wales 1990
- Author:
- HEALTH PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Health Promotion Authority for Wales
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 111p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report is the first in a series of pubic health reports to be published by the Health Promotion Authority (HPA). It contains information on a wide variety of personal, social and environmental factors which can affect the health of individuals and communities. It has five main chapters which cover: health environments; ill health and premature death; lifestyles and risk factors; health knowledge and beliefs; NHS and health promotion.