Assessing Capacity Regarding Diet, Weight and Health

Aim

To provide practitioners working with people with learning disabilities essential knowledge on the mental capacity act and how to apply this to diet, weight and health.

Learning Outcomes

  • To understand the mental capacity act
  • To consider how this applies to diet, weight and health
  • To understand when to complete a capacity assessment relating to diet, weight and health
  • To understand who can complete a capacity assessment relating to diet, weight and health
  • To understand how to complete a capacity assessment relating to diet, weight and health
  • To understand how to respond to the outcome of the capacity assessment relating to diet and who to communicate this with. 

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