A hospital social worker is feeling pressured to discharge people to care homes when they may not have the capacity to make a decision about where they live. The social worker feels this may conflict with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Services for older people
These example scenarios feature fictional situations and people. They show how NICE guidance could be used in social work practice.
Adio enjoys meeting his friends at a local Jamaican café, where he eats his main meal of the day. However since having a stroke he lacks the confidence to leave the house. His daughter has noticed that he has lost weight and that he seems depressed.
A practice educator asks a first year social work student to write a critical reflection on how they review care and support for older people in care homes. The student knows that wellbeing is key to the Care Act 2014, but is struggling to understand what this means in practice.