Discussion Forum: Care and Legal Issues

We would like to invite comments on the following: H.R. 4247 News: Autism Speaks Endorses New Federal Legislation to Prevent Abuse Of Children...

closure? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30860366/ns/us_news/

Hello friends, I'm having a legal problem hope someone can give a psychologically descriptive answer; When I was 17+ I had a fight with 8...

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/7035/Risk%20pro%20forma.pdf yet another interesting and informative read. This time issued by the Special...

http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/govt-response-restraint-review.pdf makes interesting and informative reading R

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Bristol-care-home-manager-jailed-attacking-resident/article-464104-detail/article.html Tuesday, November 11,...

Care home manager stole £1500 from 3 clients with severe leaning disabilities and was given a suspended sentance. ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1065989/Care-worker-throws-court-balcony-guilty-assaulting-89-year-old-dementia-patient.html Newspaper...

Can anyone give me some info regarding lone workers carrying personal alarms? I am helping to set up an outreach service for people with Aspergers...

Two care staff ( one of whom was the manager of the home) were charged under the Mental capacity act for strapping three clients in a baking hot car...

Check out this newspaper article. Shocking http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=442551&in_page_id=1770 ...

Do the ends justify the means? I think such places remind me of the fact that punishment is not a good educational tool. The video clip WMV (15MB...

I was wondering how rigidly care homes / services are interpreting service users’ Right to Liberty (Article 5 of the Human Rights Act Oct...

I would like to recommend Professor Christina Lyons book which examines the law and physical interventions. I think it is a scholarly attempt to...

So who is going to this one then? Ged