Living ‘a life like ours’: support workers' accounts of substitute decision‐making in residential care homes for adults with intellectual disabilities

Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 144 - 160
Published: Feb 1, 2010
Abstract
In England and Wales, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) provides a new legal framework to regulate substitute decision-making relating to the welfare of adults who lack the capacity to make one or more autonomous decisions about their care and support. Any substitute decision made on behalf of an adult lacking capacity must be in his/her 'best interests'. However, the value of adopting established principles and procedures for substitute...
Paper Details
Title
Living ‘a life like ours’: support workers' accounts of substitute decision‐making in residential care homes for adults with intellectual disabilities
Published Date
Feb 1, 2010
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
144 - 160
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