Capacity Act 2005

Community Care legislation (The Disability Discrimination Act, People First, The Direct Payments Act)
• The Disability Discrimination Act; this bans disability discrimination by employers against disabled job-seekers, discrimination from fellow employees and also by service providers against disabled service users. This is the main disability discrimination law, it imposes a duty on employers and service providers to make adjustments so that they can have access employment, access to and use of goods, facilities and services including access to public buildings, shops, leisure facilities, healthcare, housing and transport, access to other functions carried out by public bodies and access to membership of private clubs and use of their facilities.
• People First; allows service users to have the
It clarifies mental health areas are covered by the legislation, clarifies how and why someone can be detained in hospital, makes sure that risks are appropriately assessed, it provides a structure for treatment and a review of each case and it creates the principle of guardianship which looks after the wider welfare needs of a patient.
• The Capacity Act 2005; this helps people with dementia, serve learning disabilities, brain injury, mental health condition, stroke and unconscious either caused by anaesthetic or sudden accident, the act protects these individuals and empowers them a they lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions.
• The Enduring Power of Attorney 1985; this act allows individuals top plan for their future by appointing someone of their own choice to look after their affairs. It allows for more choice and control over who is going to be responsible for their assets, it can also be temporary or