Assessing Mental Capacity

This Assessing Mental Capacity training course guides you through the process of assessing a person's mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. It looks at the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the 5 key principles involved in assessing mental capacity. It also looks at capacity assessment examples and how to deal with disagreements and complaints.

Learning outcomes

  • Understand and work towards compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Learn about the 5 principles of the MCA
  •  Understand why it is important to use a person centred approach and help someone to make a decision for themselves

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 5 sections
  1. The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  2. The Five Principles of the Mental Capacity Act
  3. Helping People Make Decisions
  4. Capacity Assessment
  5. Disagreements and Complaints