Assessing Capacity Regarding Diet, Weight and Health
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.