Sectioning Dementia Patients
What is sectioning being kept in hospital under the mental health act 1983.
Sectioning dementia patients. Dressing is difficult for most dementia patients. Reduce the person s choices by removing seldom worn clothes from the closet. This alzheimer s society podcast looks at what is known as sectioning or the process that happens when health professionals think that a person with demen.
People have dementia when they have cognitive impairment and lose their ability to perform daily functions such as taking their medication paying bills and driving safely. More than 25 000 dementia patients have been sectioned in mental health units in the past five years the telegraph has discovered amid warnings that they are being locked up to control. The act can apply to people with dementia.
These are explained below. Some people would. It allows certain people to be detained in hospital against their will so they can be assessed or treated.
Section 2 of the act allows a person to be detained in hospital to have their mental condition assessed. Equally we know that dementia can itself cause significant changes in a person s personality when they have no previous history of mental health illness. Choose loose fitting comfortable clothes with easy zippers or snaps and minimal buttons.
Section 2 detention for assessment in hospital. Some of these sections could be relevant to people with dementia and their carers. The mental health act 1983 is a law in england and wales.
It is for severe psychiatric illness that leaves people requiring urgent treatment against their will. To diagnose the cause of the dementia the doctor must recognize the pattern of the loss of skills and function and determine what a person is still able to do. The mental health act is about people who have a mental disorder.