Welcome to our Bitesize capacity and Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) podcast, brought to you by the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty team – or the MCA & DoL team for short.
During each episode the team will be discussing or answering questions around the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and assessing an individual’s capacity, community deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications and where people require them.
Series 1 Assessing Mental Capacity
EP 1 – What is mental capacity?
EP 2 – Who assesses capacity?
EP 3 – Is there a process for assessing capacity?
EP 4 – When people don’t engage in the MCA
EP 5 – Fluctuating capacity
Series 2 Best Interest Decisions
EP 1 – What does Best Interest Decision mean? And is there a process?
Ep 2 – Who is the decision maker? And are there any decisions you can’t make a Best Interest about?
Ep 3 – How you make a best Interest Decision and how you record it.
Ep 4 – Dealing with disputes and when to apply to the Court of Protection.
Series 3
EP 1 – Identifying communication disorders issues.
EP 2 – Assessing a person with a communication disorder’s mental capacity.
EP 3 – Communication practicable steps and examples.