Articles

Dementia Safeguarding Governance: Audits, Assurance and Evidence That Stands Up to Scrutiny

Safeguarding in dementia services is judged by what you can evidence day to day: early identification, consistent thresholds, quality recording, and learning that changes practice. This article sets out a...

Best Interests Decisions in Dementia Care: A Practical Meeting and Documentation Standard

Best interests is not a one-off meeting—it’s a defensible, repeatable process that shows how the person’s rights, wishes and day-to-day outcomes were weighed. This article sets a practical standard for...

Safeguarding Disputes in Dementia Care: Managing Family Conflict, Complaints and Advocacy Fairly

Family conflict, complaints and competing “best interests” views can quickly destabilise dementia care and create safeguarding risk. This article sets out a practical approach to de-escalation, lawful decision-making, advocacy involvement...

DoLS, Restrictions and Dementia: How to Evidence Least Restrictive Practice Day to Day

Dementia services often introduce restrictions through habit, risk anxiety or staffing pressure, then struggle to evidence why they are necessary. This article explains how to identify restrictions, apply DoLS/authorisation routes...

Information Sharing in Dementia Safeguarding: Getting Thresholds, Recording and Escalation Right

Allegations, disclosures and ‘grey area’ safeguarding concerns can quickly become high-risk if thresholds and information-sharing are unclear. This article explains how to triage concerns, share information lawfully, and evidence defensible...

Consent, Intimacy and Dementia: A Practical Safeguarding and Capacity Approach

Consent and capacity issues often surface around intimacy, personal care, money and everyday choices. This article sets out a practical, defensible approach to supporting autonomy while managing safeguarding risks in...

Restrictions, DoLS and Least Restrictive Practice in Dementia Care: A Practical Governance Guide

Restrictions in dementia services often start as “common sense safety” and then drift into routine deprivation of liberty. This article shows how to identify restrictions, apply least restrictive practice, document...

Safeguarding in Dementia Services: Making Enquiries Proportionate, Person-Led and Evidence-Based

Safeguarding in dementia care often fails when services either minimise risk or over-react with blanket restrictions. This article explains how to run proportionate safeguarding responses, evidence decision-making, and protect rights...

Best-Interests Decisions in Dementia Services: Evidence, Least Restriction and Human Rights in Practice

Best-interests decisions must show more than good intent: they must show process, proportionality, and real-world outcomes. This article explains how dementia services run defensible best-interests pathways, reduce restrictions over time,...

Mental Capacity and Consent in Dementia Care: Practical Governance for Safe, Rights-Based Support

Consent and capacity decisions in dementia care are daily operational work, not occasional paperwork. This article sets out how services apply the Mental Capacity Act in real time, evidence best-interest...