...focusing on the way they work in the community. RECOVERY is a registered charity for mental health and wellbeing. RECOVERY was set up by survivors of mental health in 2004 . They campaign against compulsion, People being forced on to drugs and instead they help people individually. RECOVERY's mission is to spread the word that people can recover from Mental Health problems and to encourage capacity. RECOVERY is a user led service so many volunteers are survivors that have recovered from Mental Health problems. RECOVERY also campaigns against compulsion. They believe they are a lot of therapies that can help person with mental health problems such as art, jewellery making, creative writing, poetry, music and coping skills without forcing patients on medication instead they have a right of choice RECOVERY encourage people to talk about their experiences with mental health, we teach centering therapy and creative therapy, we blog, we learn and we try to remove the stigma. We go into the community and hospitals to act as advocates for and support people suffering from wellbeing issues. . RICAPP project reaches out into the community. It provides social inclusion and support with trained RECOVERY Support Workers for those in need. RICAPP’s (RECOVERY Independent Community Advocacy Personalisation Project) aim is to empower people to have capacity to choose the best outcomes for their Mental Health recovery RICAPP’s objectives are to visit survivors at their residence to enable...
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...Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006: This purpose of this act is to help protect vulnerable adults avoid harm and keep them safe from harm’s way, also people who are deemed unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults from gaining access to them through their work. However this act gives vulnerable adults their independence. Equality Act of 2010: The importance of this act is to protect all individuals from discrimination within the workplace whether they may be physically or mentally unable. This act legally protects individuals no matter their sexual orientation, age, race, disability sex, and religion /beliefs etc. for example if a service user came from a strict culture and it was seen as against the religion to be washed by a man, managers would have to allocate a woman to her aid in order to respect the service user and prevent harassment and risk of abuse to the individual due to their cultural and spiritual needs. Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974: The purpose of this act is to enable some criminal convictions to be overlooked or ignored after the rehabilitation period. This act applies to individuals who are being re-introduced to society and it also applies to individuals who may not have a lifelong blot on their records because of a relatively minor offence in their past. The police Act of 1997: This act allows individuals records to be disclosed and viewed and passed through others but only in line activity. The act also provides an individual’s...
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...27 hrs per week thereafter. Contract: Permanent Purpose To provide Support, Time and Recovery to an allocated number of service users in order to promote their Recovery and maintain them in their community environment helping them to build their own social support network/s. Job Summary * To work as a member of the Insight Early Intervention for Psychosis (EIP) team , who provide supportive and creative mental health services which focus on the direct needs of service users, working across boundaries of care, organisation and role co-ordinated through the Care Programme Approach. * To support service users to identify their needs and to assist care co-ordinators to plan, implement and evaluate care plans. * To have the individual service user's needs at the fore at all times, working to the Recovery Model to support Service Users to work towards their identified personal goals. To use agreed values and skills to underpin their day to day work.Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesClinical * To demonstrate an empathic understanding of mental health problems and issues. * To initiate and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and their carers. * To actively engage with service users and carers in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes account of their strengths and of the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups. * To respond to the needs of people in an honest, non-judgemental...
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...Supporting individuals with dementia P3 Describe the legislation and frameworks which govern work with individuals with dementia Enduring power of an attorney act- This is a legal tool that allows you to enact someone to make certain decisions on your behalf, this can include finances, health and welfare and also legal help. An attorney is appointed when you are no longer able to make decisions yourself or if you are not of sound mind. Enduring power of an attorney act allows you to choose someone you trust to make decisions on your behalf for example a trusted family member, this person must be over 18, be of sound mind and also be willing to take on this job. If there are no family or friends available one can be appointed to you. If an attorney is appointed to cover your finances such as things concerning property, they will do things on behalf of you such as paying bills, collecting income and/or benefits ensuring everything is there and selling your house. This can be useful for someone with dementia as if it comes to the stage where the person is no longer fit to take care of these financial issues an attorney can be enacted to help them out, also if the person with dementia is safer being put into an home an attorney can cover selling the house at the right price. If an attorney is appointed to deal with health and welfare they will have the job of deciding where is best to live, or day to day needs such as what you eat. If you wish you can give your attorney...
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...Power Of Attorney Act: This is for individuals who are lacking the mental capacity and need somebody else to help them manage their legal, financial and health problems. The mental capacity act therefore made it legal so that those who are unable to make their own decisions have the ability to choose somebody who they feel they can trust to help manage their finances, properties and to help make their health and welfare decision. This is done through the power of attorney. This act links to individuals who suffer with dementia as within the late stages of dementia they will need to give someone the power of attorney due to the fact that they will not be able to manage their legal financial and health problems. Human Rights Act: This act not only impacts an individual’s life or their death it impacts their daily life and beliefs. Everyone has the responsibility to respect each other’s rights even if they are different to theirs. The government have the right to limit or control an individual’s rights depending on the rights that an individual needs. This act links to individuals who suffer with dementia as they will need certain rights and these rights will need to be met whether these people can provide care for themselves or whether they will need carers to help them meet these needs. Their needs may also be helping them to keep hygienic due to the fact that they might not remember or even taking medication or going to the doctors. Data Protection Act: This act states that if...
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...CAPACITY TO MAKE CONTRACTS The capacity of certain persons to conclude contracts is restricted by law. The law recognizes that certain people are either wholly or partly incapable to make a contract. The aim of this assignment is to explain and consider the critical legal matters the individuals and organisations have to consider when entering into a contract with these people. Contracts are part of everyday life and every business will need to make a contract and most businesses will have to make very many. Therefore it is necessary for an organisation as well as for individuals to understand that a contract is a legally binding agreement. In order for a contract to be legally enforceable the law demands agreement, consideration and intention to create legal relations (Maclntyre, 2008). It is generally believed that every person can make a binding contract as they wish (Maclntyre, 2008). But because the contract is a legally binding agreement, the law recognises some specific groups who either have not reached the maturity or do not have the capacity to fully understand the nature and extend of agreements that they make with others. Therefore it is important for every organisation and individual to understand that a number of persons have a restricted capacity to contract. These are minors, persons of unsound mind, drunks and corporations (Owens, 2001). All others can make a binding contract as they please. Beale, Bishop and Furmston (2008) argue that the law of minors`...
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...This essay will discuss issues that nurses have to consider when caring for a person that either lacks or have compromised capacity. At the same time, the author will explain important terms in the essay and include several examples from placement. Similarly, explanation of consent, capacity, best interest, Deprivation of liberty, advanced decisions and risk assessment would be included. The author will also discuss the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the Mental Health Act (1983) and how it protect an adult who is vulnerable and lacks capacity. Likewise, the author will discuss ranges of nursing interventions, person-centred care, and ethical dilemmas. Due to confidentiality and according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council...
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...ADULT WITH MENTAL HEALTH (DEMENTIA) Multiagency roles: * Are to work as team to provide effective care in order to meet individual needs of the patient. * Risk assessments and care plans Safeguarding Intervention * Healthcare workers * Social workers * Police Multiagency roles: * Are to work as team to provide effective care in order to meet individual needs of the patient. * Risk assessments and care plans Safeguarding Intervention * Healthcare workers * Social workers * Police My chosen group is older people with dementia. The context of vulnerability is defined as reduced capacity of a group or individual to anticipate, recover and cope with from the effect of a natural or a man-made danger. Most of the time vulnerability is linked with poverty, however it can also rise when people are lonely, unconfident or insecure, unprotected in the face of stress and risk. Policy and legislation * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Equality Act 2010 * Care Act 2014 * Sexual offences Act 2003 * Mental health Act 2007 * Safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006 Policy and legislation * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Equality Act 2010 * Care Act 2014 * Sexual offences Act 2003 * Mental health Act 2007 * Safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006 Group The group I have chosen are elderly people with dementia, because of their illness, they are not able to concentrate, take care of themselves and it...
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...the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was introduced and the current legal position. A critical analysis will be provided of the process and the implications it has for the case example of Lloyd. Background to DoLS The Mental Capacity Act (2005) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was introduced 1.4.09 as additions to the Mental Health Act (2007) (DOH 2010). It applies to a person who cannot be detained under the Mental Health Act (1983). A person is not eligible for DoLS if detained under the Mental Health Act (1983). The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) identified measures were required to facilitate decisions in a person’s Best Interest in a less restrictive...
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... Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care and Unit 10-Safeguarding Adults and Promoting Independence, Task 3a Know how legislation, policies and procedures promote health, safety and security in health and social care settings Outline the Legislation, Guidance or Policies. Include all attachments. | Legislation | Human Rights Act 1998 | The human rights act 1998 did not come into force until October 2000 in the UK. The act is made up of a series of sections that have the effect of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. All public bodies and bodies that implement public functions must follow and comply with the convectional rights. The act allows any individual to take human rights cases in domestic court, which will mean that people don’t have to go to Strasbourg to argue their case in the European Court of Human Rights. The human right act can be used by anyone living in the UK, whether they are a British citizen or a foreigner a child, an adult or elderly person, a prisoner or member of the public. The human right protects a number of things including :The right to life: the act protects your life. The state is obligated to investigate any suspicious deaths and deaths in custody. Protection against being enslaved or being forced to do labour. Protection against being tortured or being treated in an inhuman way, no matter what the situation. The right to freedom and liberty- everyone has the right to be free and the state...
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...Tidy (2012) describes the mental capacity act. The mental capacity act (2005) is a framework which provides vulnerable people with protection if they are not able to make their own decision. The act itself applies to people aged 16 or over and has 5 key principles. The first of these is a presumption of capacity, this means that every adult should be assumed to hold a certain capacity to make the decision, unless it is proved otherwise that they can not make the decision by themselves. The next of these is the idea that individuals must be supported with the decision they make, even if the decision is seen as eccentric and unwise. Best interests is the next idea looked at. The mental capacity act states that any decision made must be in the individuals best interest. To consider someone's best interest the person making the decision must be aware of the persons wishes and feelings. Consult with others that are involved with the care of that person and assumptions must not be based solely on the persons age, condition and behaviour. Anything done for the individual must be the least restrictive of their human rights, this means that any intervention made on the person must try to control and maintain their human rights to the highest possible standard in that situation. People can lack capacity for a variety of reasons, these include things such as dementia, acute confusion and depression. To asses someone to see if they lack capacity you must consider the question...
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...Kruse, an employee of Coos Head Timber Company, was suing his employer because he claimed he lacked sufficient mental capacity to understand the compensation agreement he signed after suffering injuries from an accident at work. PROCEDURAL HISTORY: This case was brought before the court because Darwin Kruse, an employee of Coos Head Timber Company, is seeking to recover damages for injuries he suffered as a result of an accident he had at work. Darwin Kruse, the appellant, was removing rock from the inside of a base of an elevator mechanism. While doing so, the tower vibrated and a piece of wood from the top of the tower fell and struck him on the back of the head. After the accident, Mr. Kruse signed a compensation agreement with his employer, Coos Head Timber Company. In the agreement he received compensation for the accident and released his employer from any further claims for damages. Mr. Kruse claimed the agreement should not be enforced because he entered into it under circumstances of fraud and misrepresentation. Mr. Kruse also argued that the compensation agreement should not be enforced because he lacked sufficient mental capacity because he was mentally retarded and suffered from posttraumatic psychoneurosis as a result of the accident. Additionally, Mr. Kruse accused his employer of common law negligence and violating the Employers’ Liability Act. In the trial court, the jury found in favor of Coos Head Timber...
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...Practice Learning Interventions The mental health residential home in which I carried out my first placement took a reflexive, therapeutic approach to social care. This approach employs a social, democratic philosophy, suggesting that an individual can best attain personal growth and self-fulfillment via economic and social-developmental methods (Cree, 2010). This coincides with the recovery model; a model used predominantly in mental health services which puts the main focus on recovery as opposed to the illness. In this respect, success was measured not necessarily when the service users were ‘symptom-free’, but once they were able to regain a sense of purpose and control (Mental Health Foundation, 2015). A recognised strength of the recovery...
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...University of West London 1 Theoretical Assessment Submission by TurnItin NOTE TO ALL STUDENTS: Please complete section 1 of this form as indicated. Please ensure that all relevant boxes are completed, otherwise assignments cannot be processed efficiently. Section 1 (Student to complete) Please type clearly in the boxes provided |Assignment Title | |Protection of Vulnerable people | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
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...understanding of the elderly, I found that I held similar views in that once an elderly person had reached a particular age they can be easily disregarded as a useful member of society, however my views were not based on any known facts or any valid experience that I had encountered, but rather on my personal interpretation and general stereotype towards the elderly, after our group discussion and after reading relevant literature concerning ageism my opinion has changed. Ageism was introduced by Robert Butler (1969) suggesting it was a process whereby an older person was systematically stereotyped with prejudicial attitudes directed towards them. This was deemed as discrimination. According to (McGlone and Fitzgerald 2005) views ageism similar to Robert in that they believed that negative beliefs were embodied deeply in society towards elderly people, as result this process gave rise to age discrimination. Society has created this belief and it is reinforced on a daily basis and can sometimes be seen or observed through various types of media, resulting in us developing stereotypes and...
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