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Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: communication and assessing capacity: a guide for social work and health care staff
- Author:
- KILLEEN Jan
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guide was produced to support professionals in assessing the capacity of individuals who may come under protection of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. This guide is primarily for social work and health care staff in Scotland, including care managers, clinical psychologists, and medical practitioners. The starting point for assessing someone’s capacity to make a particular decision is always the assumption that the individual has capacity.
Integrated assessment, planning and review arrangements for older people: guidance for professionals in supporting the health, care and well-being of older people
- Authors:
- WALES. Welsh Government, NHS WALES
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 60
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Welsh Government has set out its requirements for integrated health and social care in ‘A framework for delivering integrated health and social care for older people with complex needs’ (2013). This guidance sets out a process for delivering integrated assessment processes, and is a key part of implementing the overall framework. It replaces the Unified Assessment Process (UAP) in its application to people aged 65 years and over. It covers the duties and functions of local authorities and Local Health Boards (LHBs) to promote the well-being, assessment, care and support planning and review arrangements for services for people aged 65 and over. This is irrespective of presenting need, disability or condition and supports access to care and support in the community. This guidance is to apply in any situation where older people need help from the NHS or a local authority to: maintain or promote well-being; regain or maintain independence; be discharged from hospital; return or continue to live in their own home; secure appropriate residential or nursing care; help protect them from abuse and neglect; and help them manage continuing health conditions. The guidance also covers sharing information and issues such as fair access to care services eligibility criteria. (Edited publisher abstract)
Single assessment process for older people: key implications, guidance for local implementation and annexes to the guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of SAP is to ensure that older people receive appropriate, effective and timely responses to their health and social care needs, and that professional resources are used effectively. In pursuit of these aims, SAP should ensure the following goals. Individuals are placed at the heart of assessment and care planning, and these processes are timely and in proportion to individuals' needs. Professionals are willing, able and confident to use their judgement. Care plans or statements of service delivery are routinely produced and service users receive a copy. Professionals contribute to assessments in the most effective way, and care co-ordinators are agreed in individual cases when necessary. Information is collected, stored and shared as effectively as possible and subject to consent. Professionals and agencies do not duplicate each other's assessments.
The single assessment process guidance for local implementation: consultation draft
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance sets out how the single assessment process described in the National Service Framework for Older People 2001, should be implemented locally from April 2002. It is issued to councils with social services responsibilities under section 7(1) of the Local Authority and Social Services Act 1970.