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Posts by Rachel Griffiths:
Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS): what do they mean, how can care providers be ready? [including a free webinar!]
Rachel Griffiths, Human Rights and Mental Capacity Consultant to Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), the leading provider of content, guidance and...
Human rights: how do they work in practice?
Still confused on how human rights law and how it applies to the way you care for others? Don’t worry,...
Staying up late or bed at half eight?
What time do you go to bed? We all long for an early night in theory, but then find ourselves...
How to Ensure that People Protected by DoLS are Happy
How do you help those who cannot consent to their care arrangements to be as happy as possible? The answer...
Mental Capacity Act Myth Busters
True or false, only a doctor can assess someone’s capacity? Still unsure? Don’t worry Rachel Griffiths, MBE, dispels 10 common...
LPS and DoLS – How are they different?
Liberty Protection Safeguards The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will take over from the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), probably in April...
Human Rights Quiz
Do you know how far should residential's personal freedom be limited? Are you familiar with what rights are protected by...
Human rights the foundation of great care
Today is Dignity Action Day. A day aims to ensure people who use care services are treated as individuals...
Vaccination, consent, and capacity in a care setting: How to decide?
At last, the first approved vaccine is here and is being rolled out first to vulnerable people in care homes...
Out of sight – who cares? Restraint, segregation and seclusion review – Lessons for all sectors
Out of Sight: Who Cares? The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published an excellent and much needed review of restrictions and...