Ensuring clients have the capacity to consent to treatment
David Rose Principal clinical psychologist, Learning Disability Specialist Health Dementia Service, Dudley at Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Adam Cook Trainee clinical psychologist, University of Birmingham, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Harsharn Singh Khatkar Assistant psychologists, Learning Disability Specialist Health Dementia Service, Dudley at Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Jenny Shead Assistant psychologists, Learning Disability Specialist Health Dementia Service, Dudley at Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
David Rose and colleagues discuss the development and evaluation of a consent form for people who use a learning disability dementia service
Aim This article discusses the evaluation of a consent form for adults with learning disabilities who are referred to specialist learning disability dementia services.
Method Sixteen people with a range of learning disabilities who had undertaken the consent procedure were questioned about their experiences.
Results Twelve participants gave similar answers to the questions, which indicates they have similar levels of understanding.
Conclusion Participants’ recommendations were incorporated into a revised consent form, which was found acceptable and effective.
Learning Disability Practice.
16, 2, 31-35.
doi: 10.7748/ldp2013.03.16.2.31.e1403
Correspondence
david.rose@bcpft.nhs.uk
Peer review
This article has been subject to double blind peer review
Conflict of interest
None declared
Received: 21 September 2012
Accepted: 23 October 2012
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