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Practical help to support your independence and safety
As our society ages, the care of our elderly loved ones becomes an increasingly important and...
Assessing Mental Capacity in People with Dementia: A Comprehensive Guide
Dementia can have a profound impact on a person’s cognitive abilities, making it difficult to determine their capacity to make decisions. In this article, we explore the challenges of assessing mental capacity in people with dementia and offer helpful tips for navigating this complex process.
Capacity Assessment for Litigation
In this Gain Capacity Case Study, Victoria was approached by a solicitor who urgently required a...
Helping Families Manage Care Costs for Loved Ones with Dementia
Victoria Sample was contacted by the daughter of a woman, whom we will call Mrs. B, who had been...
Mental capacity assessment and engagement
How to assess mental capacity and what to do if someone does not want to engage with the...
Holistic mental capacity assessments are essential
3D or holistic mental capacity assessments are essential. As some people talk the talk but can't...
How has Covid affected our most vulnerable?
By March 2020 everyone was scared, lots of people were very poorly and we had no protection for...
What is a COP3?
What is a COP3? A COP3 is a form that is sent to the Court of Protection, it contains the outcome...
Guiding principles when working with vulnerable adults & young people
Our values and guiding principles when working with vulnerable adults and young people: 1....
COP3 and GP’s
I have heard so many times that families and solicitors have contacted the GP to do the COP3....
Face to face or Remote Capacity Assessments
On the 20th March 2020, the Government asked for everyone to work from home where they could due...
How Gain Capacity Experts was able to support a family member with dementia
I love working in this industry, I love caring and helping people, I always pay a lot of attention...
Supporting families with dementia to make sure they get the help they need.
People have many questions it comes to understanding dementia, such as ‘Where to get help?’ and...
From Google Search to Gain Capacity Experts
This week I had the pleasure of meeting a really lovely family who has been through a lot of...
Testimonial From a Happy Client
Today we are starting the week on a positive note after receiving some lovely feedback on our...
Assessing Mental Capacity Online During Covid 19
Hello, I hope you are well and staying safe? These are difficult times we are facing but I wanted...
Assessing Mental Capacity – A Window into Someone’s Life
Recently I was working with a family who asked - "How can you assess someone you don't know and...
What is Mental Capacity?
I was recently asked a question by a family member “what actually is capacity? and how do I know...
Compiling Mental Capacity Assessments – The Personal Touch
Happy New Year eveyone. As we had into 2020, I have recently been asked how easy is it compiling...
Is it essential to involve someone who lacks mental capacity in the decision making process?
The short answer is yes! It is a question we are asked a lot when we are speaking to families....
How Do You Assess Mental Capacity?
I am often asked "How do you assess Mental Capacity" so I thought I would take a few minutes to...
Welcome to Gain Capacity Experts
Welcome to Gain Capacity Experts! I thought I’d start by explaining what GAIN Capacity Experts is...