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How can I challenge a local authority care assessment? If you or your loved one have had a care and support assessment, financial assessment or carer’s assessment and you are unhappy with the con...

Caring for a loved one can be both a rewarding and challenging experience. You may not even think of yourself as a carer, particularly if you are caring for a parent, or close friend.  Caring can inc...

The Care Act 2014 was implemented in April 2015. It overhauled the social care system and changed the provision of care and support for older people and those with disabilities. What changes did it...

If your relative lacks capacity to make decisions about who visits them, and the family do not agree with the arrangements, the local authority can only impose restrictions if they obtain authority th...

The effects of brain injury on an individual vary widely depending upon which part of the brain has been damaged and how severe the injury is. Brain cells do not regenerate when they are destroyed, un...

The question of capacity to consent to sexual relations is both sensitive and difficult. It has potential wide ranging implications, not only for the individual lacking capacity and those responsible...

What constitutes a forced marriage? A forced marriage is a marriage that takes place without the full and free consent of both parties. Lack of consent to marry may arise when someone, including...

Everyone is presumed to have capacity to make their own decisions, unless they are shown to lack capacity. The autonomy to make a decision has to be balanced against an understanding that some people...