Aim of the session
To improve frailty and dementia practitioner knowledge and understanding in order to encourage and support earlier uptake of POA.
Who should attend?
Although the session is aimed at practitioners working in frailty and dementia, it will be of interest to any practitioners in a position to support uptake of POA.
Objectives of the session
- Understand the context of POA within the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Understand the benefits of having a POA
- Gain practical advice on supporting uptake of POA and understand the myths and barriers
- Learn from an innovative example of practice to improve uptake of POA
- Receive information on further resources to support practice
For further information about this event please contact: his.focusondementia@nhs.scot
Accessibility
- The event will take place on MS Teams. You will be able to access the event using the link even if you are not registered with MS Teams.
- You will be able to contribute verbally and / or by writing in a text box.
- Live captioning is available as a feature of Teams.
- There will be a BSL Interpreter at this event.
- Points and questions put in the text box will be read aloud by the facilitator for those who do not follow text chat and verbal conversation at the same time.
- If you or a colleague has specific access requirements you need us to take account of, please let us know as soon as possible.
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