Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Handbook (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Handbook covers key aspects of the Act including:

• What is restraint and when does it become a deprivation of liberty?
• Key information for staff about the rules and procedures for urgent and standard DoLS authorisations
• Rights and protection for people under DoLS
• The Supreme Court ruling on deprivation of liberty and its application in care settings
• Case law – over 70 court judgments are referenced and integrated into the text
• Best interests assessors
• Mental health assessors
• Leave of absence, conveyance, absconding and transfers under DoLS
• Conditions, duration and the Representative
• Reviews, applications to the Court of Protection and advocacy
• Safeguarding adults and DoLS
• Local authorities (supervisory bodies) and their duties and responsibilities
• Care homes and hospitals (managing authorities) and their duties and responsibilities
• Children and young people and deprivation of liberty
• Intensive care units, hospices and DoLS
• The Mental Health Act 1983 and its relationship with DoLS

The book also includes a series of useful tools and charts to help explain key parts of the legislation including:

• Deprivation of liberty screening tool and procedure chart for care providers
• DoLS overview and rights table
• Guidance for care homes and hospitals on CQC expectations in relation to DoLS
• Essential information regarding the completion of Form 3 for DoLS best interests assessors
• Guidance for local authority authorising signatories on what to look for when scrutinising forms
• The Mental Health Act 1983 or DoLS? Decision making chart and rights comparison table
• How European case law and the Supreme Court ruling fit together
• Timeline of case law leading to the deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Supreme Court ruling
• A rights leaflet for those under standard DoLS