3.7 Check whether there are Powers of Lead 2 Attorney held for any of the residents, whether or not these were established due to a lack of capacity (because some may not have been) 3.8 Consider involving the community Lead 2 pharmacy which supplies medicines to the care home and the pharmacist to conduct a medicines reconciliation Do everything you can within the Lead 2 3.9 available time to enable the resident to decide their own future: ensure they have the facts they need to make each decision, and that the available choices and context are clearly presented. Involve an advocate where appropriate 3.10 If there is doubt about the Lead 2 resident’s mental capacity to make this decision (e.g. if they have dementia or a learning disability), after all attempts to enable them to do so, carry out the 2-stage test of mental capacity. This can be done quickly if required: the decision-maker is responsible for doing this.
3.7 Check whether there are Powers of Attorney held for any of the residents, whether or not these were established due to a lack of capacity (because some may not have been) Lead 2 3.8 Consider involving the community pharmacy which supplies medicines to the care home and the pharmacist to conduct a medicines reconciliation Lead 2 3.9 Do everything you can within the available time to enable the resident to decide their own future: ensure they have the facts they need to make each decision, and that the available choices and context are clearly presented. Involve an advocate where appropriate Lead 2 3.10 If there is doubt about the resident’s mental capacity to make this decision (e.g. if they have dementia or a learning disability), after all attempts to enable them to do so, carry out the 2-stage test of mental capacity. This can be done quickly if required: the decision-maker is responsible for doing this. Lead 2