Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Handbook (ePub)

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Handbook covers key aspects of the Act including:

. What is restraint and when does it become a deprivation of liberty?

. Key information for staff about the rules and procedures for urgent and standard DoLS authorisations

. Rights and protection for people under DoLS

. The Supreme Court ruling on deprivation of liberty and its application in care settings

. Case law - over 70 court judgments are referenced and integrated into the text

. Best interests assessors

. Mental health assessors

. Leave of absence, conveyance, absconding and transfers under DoLS

. Conditions, duration and the Representative

. Reviews, applications to the Court of Protection and advocacy

. Safeguarding adults and DoLS

. Local authorities (supervisory bodies) and their duties and responsibilities

. Care homes and hospitals (managing authorities) and their duties and responsibilities

. Children and young people and deprivation of liberty

. Intensive care units, hospices and DoLS

. The Mental Health Act 1983 and its relationship with DoLS

The book also includes a series of useful tools and charts to help explain key parts of the legislation including:

. Deprivation of liberty screening tool and procedure chart for care providers

. DoLS overview and rights table

. Guidance for care homes and hospitals on CQC expectations in relation to DoLS

. Essential information regarding the completion of Form 3 for DoLS best interests assessors

. Guidance for local authority authorising signatories on what to look for when scrutinising forms

. The Mental Health Act 1983 or DoLS? Decision making chart and rights comparison table

. How European case law and the Supreme Court ruling fit together

. Timeline of case law leading to the deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Supreme Court ruling

. A rights leaflet for those under standard DoLS