The Human Rights Act sets out peoples’ fundamental rights.
Wherever the person you care for lives, they have rights, which can affect the care and support they should be receiving.
It can help to know more about rights under the Human Rights Act – both their rights, and your rights.
Click below for more details about the act, and how it impacts on various aspects of life.
The Care Act (2014) affects the care someone gets.
Wherever the person you care for lives, they have rights, which can affect the care and support they should be receiving.
It can help to know more about rights under the Human Rights Act – both their rights, and your rights.
The two links below give more details about the act, and how it impacts on various aspects of life.
The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) helps with making decisions when people find it hard to make decisions for themselves.
The Mental Capacity Act is about helping people to have the support they need to make as many decisions as possible.
Click the link below for more information about the MCA.
Mencap have produced some guides to the Care Act.
Mencap have made a series of guides called Know your rights. They also have guides to getting assessed for social care support, and about day services.
Click below to find the guides.
Hospitals and Assessment and Treatment Units: peoples’ rights once they have gone into hospital.
f your family member has been admitted into a specialist hospital / Assessment and Treatment Unit the Challenging Behaviour Foundation have produced a series of guides to supporting someone after they have been admitted.
These include “My family member has been sent to an inpatient unit – what do I need to know?” and “How do we plan for a successful discharge for my family member?”
Click below to be taken to the guides.
Transitioning to adult services: Information for your young person as they turn 18
At the age of 18, services change for young people – they will move from child to adult services within social care and NHS services. However, if they are still in education they may still get some support from child services.
The Department for Education funds the Preparing for Adulthood website, which has information about life in adulthood, including education (Including Education, Health and Care Plans – EHCPs) and employment post-18.
Click below to be taken to the Preparing for Adulthood website.
Network is part of the Council for Disabled Children, and has information for young people and families.
Use the link below to be taken to the website.
Cerebra charity.
his guide for families, from Cerebra charity, has further useful information such as how the Mental Capacity Act impacts young people as they transitions.
Click below to download a factsheet about transitioning to adulthood.
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation.
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation has further advice about planning ahead for a smooth transition, for example advice on who to involve, and planning for ‘just in case’ situations.
Click below to go to the Challenging Behaviour Foundation website.
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