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How should we make decisions on someone’s religious practice?
June 28, 2017
A very recent case in the Court of Protection looked at the question of how providers, and commissioners, make decisions about the best interests of a person from a minority…
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10 things not to say to someone with a brain injury
June 21, 2017
The brilliant Headway organisation has produced a short film, highlighting the most annoying things we can say to someone living with a brain injury. It’s about the things people say…
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Hope and Despair
June 9, 2017
Hope: we celebrate excellent practice This has to be my first point. I know how demoralising it is for an empowering provider, working with people and families so creatively, to…
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Royal recognition for the Mental Capacity Act
June 5, 2017
I hesitated long and hard in case I seem vain, but I’m going to talk about how the Mental Capacity Act got to Buckingham Palace the other day! I’m truly…
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Action on Brain Injury Week: 8 – 14 May
May 9, 2017
Headway is a great charity, and very close to my heart for the way it works within the empowering framework of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). The charity is devoted…
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The Mental Capacity Act and protection from liability
April 21, 2017
This is my final article (for the time being!) about the changes proposed to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). The biggest is the introduction of a new framework to replace…
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Getting better: Mrs. Lloyd’s story
April 11, 2017
Mrs. Lloyd* was very unwell when she was admitted to a care home. Due to her progressive dementia, she had been forgetting to eat and drink or keep warm.…
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What Humpty Dumpty can tell us about recording
April 5, 2017
“‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’” In Alice Through the…
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