Family Carer Advocacy Resource

Find out how new laws are created and existing ones are changed.

What is the Human Rights Act and how can it work to protect your relative's rights in health and social care? Find out here.

This information sheet explores the Equality Act 2010, the characteristics it covers, types of discrimination and reasonable adjustments.

Find out more about the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the changes to decision making once someone turns 16 years old.

Find out how a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard protects your relative.

When and how is the Mental Health Act 1983 used, and how does is affect yours and your relative's rights? Find out more here.

Find out what a Guardianship Order is, why it is used and how to apply.

Find out how you can support your relative if they become involved in the Criminal Justice System

Is your relative is 25 years old or under? Find out how the Children and Families Act 2014 was put in place to protect vulnerable or at risk children.

Find out about The Care Act 2014, how it was created and the importance of 'meeting needs' rather than 'providing services'.

What is the Health and Care Act 2022 and how does it aim to promote better joined-up services? Find out more here.

Learn about the Autism Act 2009 and what it means for your relative.

It's important to look after yourself too. Find out what support is available to family carers to enable them to remain an important part of their relatives care for as long as they want to.

Find out how to strengthen your role as a family carer once your relative turns 16 years old.

Find out how family carers and professionals can work together to ensure their relative's needs are met.

Find out about how your relatives' privacy is protected in health and social care, the legal framework that supports this, and how this affects the role of a family carer.

What is Whistleblowing and what can you do if a staff member discloses a concern to you? Find out more here.

Things can go wrong and this information sheet covers ideas about how to avoid this, through to making a formal complaint.

Find out what safeguarding is and why it's important to speak out if you feel your relative isn't safe.

Find out what laws apply to your relative's and your rights (as a family carer), and what to do if raising a concern or making a complaint doesn't result in an improvement in care.

Everyone is entitled to a good and meaningful life. Find out what that means and what laws protect this.

Find out about different types of communication, your relative's right to communication and why it's important for communication needs to be met.

Find out how to promote a healthy lifestyle for your relative and how to ensure their right to be healthy is upheld.

What is behaviour described as challenging and why does it happen? Find out more here.

Find out about restrictive interventions and guidance about their use.

Find out what positive risk taking is and how risk assessments should enable your relative to do more things, not less.

Be prepared for when your relative turns 18 years old and moves over to adult services.

Find out about how to plan for your relative's discharge from a mental health unit.

Find out about the different types of advocacy and how they relate to your relative.

All sections of our Advocacy Resource in one document