Web-based and DVD resources about the Mental Capacity Act

Hft's Family Carer Support Service*, the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities and the National Family Carer Network (with SCIE funding) have produced new written, web based and DVD resources about the Mental Capacity Act.

Based on real experiences, these describe supported decision-making, best interest meetings, formal arrangements for representing someone's views (such as appointee and deputy ship) and how to challenge if you disagree with a decision that has been made on behalf of a relative.

You are led into the material via situations that families that include someone with a learning disability may meet: helping plan for adulthood (transition), ensuring finances are looked after properly, when someone needs medical treatment, moving home and being unhappy with a decision that has been made.

Free half day events in London, York, Birmingham and Bridgwater will launch the materials. For details, and to access the resources towards the end of March, please see the News feed on http://www.hft.org.uk/family_carer_support

* Hft provides support to adults with learning disabilities; its Family Carer Support Service provides a range of information and support to people who have relatives (of any age) with a learning disability.