Assignment 50 Enable Rights And Choices Of Individuals With Dementia Whilst Minimising Risks
Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF)
Assignment 50: Unit 50: Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks
Learning Outcome
1: Understand key legislation and agreed ways of working that support the fulfilment of rights and choices of individuals with dementia while minimising risk of harm
1.1 What is the impact of the Mental Health Act, and the Mental Incapacity Act (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) on individuals who are living with the experience of dementia; with regards to minimising the risks of harm whilst at the same time enabling rights and choices for the individual?
These acts and safe guards are put in place to prevent vulnerable adults with dementia from being subjected to any harmful situation or risk, The impact of the mental health act and mental incapacity act is to help carers and dementia sufferers face issues of discrimination, infringement of their human rights and choices. Poor quality of care and support breaches the right of dignity and respect. Mental health and mental incapacity act is a system that also helps carers to evaluate a service users rights and choices, enabling them to make the right decision and not putting themselves or others at risk or harm.
1.2 Evaluate whether the systems and procedures you have at your disposal in your place of work ensure that individuals with dementia are still accorded rights and choices?
Systems and procedures at my disposal in my work place to ensure that individuals in my care who have dementia are still accorded rights and choices are:
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005
ADULTS WITH INCAPACITY ACT 2000
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007
Within the company we also have policies and procedures of equal opertunities, confidentiality policy,
Whistle blowing policy, Company legislations on having regular and up to date training. All of these acts and legislations help me to form the rights and choices of the residents in my
Assignment 50: Unit 50: Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks
Learning Outcome
1: Understand key legislation and agreed ways of working that support the fulfilment of rights and choices of individuals with dementia while minimising risk of harm
1.1 What is the impact of the Mental Health Act, and the Mental Incapacity Act (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) on individuals who are living with the experience of dementia; with regards to minimising the risks of harm whilst at the same time enabling rights and choices for the individual?
These acts and safe guards are put in place to prevent vulnerable adults with dementia from being subjected to any harmful situation or risk, The impact of the mental health act and mental incapacity act is to help carers and dementia sufferers face issues of discrimination, infringement of their human rights and choices. Poor quality of care and support breaches the right of dignity and respect. Mental health and mental incapacity act is a system that also helps carers to evaluate a service users rights and choices, enabling them to make the right decision and not putting themselves or others at risk or harm.
1.2 Evaluate whether the systems and procedures you have at your disposal in your place of work ensure that individuals with dementia are still accorded rights and choices?
Systems and procedures at my disposal in my work place to ensure that individuals in my care who have dementia are still accorded rights and choices are:
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005
ADULTS WITH INCAPACITY ACT 2000
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007
Within the company we also have policies and procedures of equal opertunities, confidentiality policy,
Whistle blowing policy, Company legislations on having regular and up to date training. All of these acts and legislations help me to form the rights and choices of the residents in my