Review of 25,000 in care required as law on consent changes
The anomaly — thought to involve 25,000 nursing home residents and thousands more in other residential settings — came to light during preparations for the implementation of new laws giving people with restricted decision-making capacity more say in their care.
A new State agency, the Decision Support Service (DSS), is being set up to oversee the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, which appoints formal decision-makers or decision-making assistants to adults whose capacity to make decisions is diminished by mental or physical illness or disability.
