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Adults With Incapacity Act 2000
• Powers of attorney• Guardianship• Intervention orders• Intromission with funds
Incapacity
• Cannot make decisions• Cannot communicate decisions• Cannot remember decisions
Decision Making
• Information• Reasoning• Voluntariness• Communication
Powers of Attorney
• Continuing/financial• Welfare• Can be joint/multiple/substitute • Granter must have capacity• Solicitor or doctor agree there is capacity
• Personalised document• Continuing you can decide when it starts• Welfare it begins when the person
becomes incapable• Must register with Office of the Public
Guardian• Certificate• Investigate complaints
The Office of the Public Guardian
Hadrian HouseCallendar Business Park
FalkirkFK1 1XR
01324 6678300www.publicguardian-scotland.gov.uk
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VOCAL –Voice Of Carers Across Lothian
• Personalised one to one support• Advocacy• Counselling• Groupwork• Family Support Network• Training• Surgeries
VOCAL
8-13 Johnston TerraceEdinburghEH1 2PW
0131 622 6666
www.vocal.org.uk