Assisted Decision Making
Minding Your Marbles
Minding your marbles’ – a public & professional awareness video providing an overview of the assisted decision making (capacity) legislation and of the alert approach to the functional assessment of capacity.
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Legislation
The Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Acts (2015 & 2022) came into force on April 26th 2023 and the Decision Support Service is now operational. Here are a list of resources and links that will be helpful.
Voice Matters
Two years on from the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making Acts, the scoping document, Voice Matters, reviews Sage Advocacy’s experience of this landmark legislation in practice. Access the publication and read more about the context of its creation and the lessons that it offers for future practice, via our dedicated Voice Matters resource page, linked below.
DMR Application
Sage Advocacy has produced an interactive guide to the process of application to become a Decision-Making Representative. The visual tool includes information on applying the Guiding Principles of the Act; on the Advocate's role in the DMR process; on issues that need to be taken in to account in formulating an application; and on the rules and duties of the role. Click below to view the resource.