The Office of the Public Guardian have recently published their updated safeguarding guidance and our Court of Protection team have created a useful summary below.

As we continue to support Brain Tumour Awareness Month, our Court of Protection team have prepared a facts guide and examples of situations where they may be able to assist you or a loved one.

Where a loved one loses capacity to manage their financial affairs independently and there is no Lasting Power of Attorney in place then it becomes necessary for an application to be made to the Court of Protection to appoint a Deputy.

The core value of the Dignity in Care campaign is to change the culture of care services by improving the quality of care and experiences received by users of care and support, whether that be in the community or in services such as care homes and NHS hospitals.

Our Court of Protection team have been following the progress of the #FreeBritney movement since earlier this year.

Safeguarding Adults Week encourages different organisations to join forces to highlight important safeguarding issues. This year’s overarching theme is “Creating Safer Cultures.” By promoting safer cultures, we are all working together to adopt proper policies and procedures to allow safeguarding concerns to receive effective responses.

As part of Safeguarding Adults Week 2021, the Ann Craft Trust aim to cover a number of topics and one of those is adult grooming.

The episode ‘For Richer, For Poorer’ on BBC Sounds aims to cover the vulnerabilities that adults with Dementia may face when entering into a marriage. Datshiane Navanayagam, who regularly reports for BBC and Channel 4, spoke to a number of families who had been the subject of a ‘predatory marriage’.