Our Director Sheree Green writes: We join today with people across the globe to mark the UN International Day of Older People. The aim is to raise awareness of the challenges faced by older people and to encourage communities to offer support and help address these difficulties. For many older …
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Welfare deputies: Motives under close scrutiny
We know it is difficult to secure a welfare deputyship appointment. The numbers tell the story. In the first quarter of 2021, 2582 property and affairs deputyship orders were made (and 2986 applied for), and just 99 welfare deputyship orders were made (and 241 applied for). A recent case …
