Making Space Dementia Law Clinic

About us Making Space is a national charity and leading provider of health and social care services. We’ve been helping adults with care and support needs, and their carers, to lead independent and fulfilling lives for more than 30 years.

About us We deliver person-centred, high quality health and social care services and accommodation to adults of all ages, and with a diverse range of care and support needs, including: Mental health conditions Learning disabilities Dementia Older people with age-related concerns

Our Services We provide services in the heart of local communities, in the comfort of people’s own homes, and specialist care and support services.

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Dementia Law Clinic Making Space, in partnership with The University of Manchester, is now offering free legal advice to families and carers of people living with dementia in the Warrington area.

About the Clinic Our Dementia Law Clinic is a brand new service we’ve set up in partnership with the University of Manchester. It is just the second clinic in the country to offer free legal support to dementia carers. The clinic will provide advice on the many complex issues you can face when caring for someone with dementia.

What can we help with? We can provide advice on many different legal issues surrounding dementia, including: Advance Decisions (previously known as Advance Directives) to refuse treatment Community Care Assessments Continuing Healthcare Court of Protection Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Disputes of Best Interests for those who lack capacity Disputes of Mental Capacity Legal Power of Attorney (LPA) Provision of care (in relation to care homes) Trust and Inheritance probate

How does it work? The Dementia Law Clinic is hosted at Making Space’s head office in Warrington. The service is currently available to families who have a Warrington postcode, and are caring for a friend or relative with dementia. Each clinic has a morning and an afternoon session.

In the morning people are invited to join us for a drop-in session where they can find our more about dementia from the Making Space central dementia team, and we can give information and advice, and understand their individual needs and circumstances. Making Space central dementia team Consultant Admiral Nurse Kath Williams Dementia Development Coordinator Rachel Yates Dementia project worker Volunteers Morning sessions

Afternoon sessions are for those people who have already attended a previous drop-in session and have been referred for a one-to-one consultation. “When someone attends a one-to-one consultation at the Dementia Law Clinic, we will discuss their case with them, clarifying the facts and legal issues. A letter of advice will then be sent out within two weeks”. Neil Allen, Making Space trustee, barrister and university law lecturer is one of the legal supervisors. Afternoon sessions

Update so far… To date we have held 2 dementia law clinics which have enabled us to test the model. The time required with people attending drop-in sessions is intense and we are currently looking at ways we can accommodate this need. The next Dementia Law Clinic will be on 14 August 2015

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