Supported Living

What is the legal framework, if any, relating to the sexuality of persons with a mental impairment?

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Care managers and care providers can easily become involved in issues of sexuality. People with a learning disability can be interested in sexual contact with others or be disinhibited about their own sexuality regardless of their stage of mental development. People with a physical disability or injury may be physically frustrated by the difficulty of […]

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What is the effect on the local authority which is properly responsible for funding or arranging care, of a move from residential or nursing home care into tenanted or other privately owned accommodation?

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The Care Act has significantly changed the law in this area. Under the NAA, moves from accommodation provided by a local authority as a placement to an arrangement where the user had their own licence or tenancy of accommodation, had a radical effect on the status of the care being provided in addition to that

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