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Chapter 8: When Your Parent Doesn't Want to Be a Rota

3 sources. Checked September 2026.

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Care Act 2014, s. 1(1) and (3)(a), (b), (e), (f) (legislation.gov.uk, read directly): a local authority's general duty is to promote an individual's wellbeing; in doing so it must have regard to "the importance of beginning with the assumption that the individual is best-placed to judge the individual's well-being," the individual's "views, wishes, feelings and beliefs," "the importance of the individual participating as fully as possible in decisions," and "the importance of achieving a balance between the individual's well-being and that of any friends or relatives who are involved in caring for the individual.".
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/1
Care Act 2014, s. 9(5) (read directly): in carrying out a needs assessment, a local authority must involve the adult, any carer the adult has and any person the adult asks to be involved.
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/9
Mental Capacity Act 2005, s. 1 principles, as summarised by SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence), Mental Capacity Act 2005 at a glance (accessed August 2026): "every adult has the right to make his or her own decisions and must be assumed to have capacity to do so unless it is proved otherwise," and "people have the right not to be treated as lacking capacity merely because they make a decision that others deem 'unwise.'".
www.scie.org.uk/mca/introduction/mental-capacity-act-2005-at-a-glance

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