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Following last week’s episode, where Eleanor Tallon took us on a guided tour of the Mental Capacity Act and its principles, in this episode Eleanor looks at the Act’s application through a particular case study. We learn about the assessment of mental capacity, that this is not a constant, the experience of dealing with the […]

The ramifications of the Mental Capacity Act can be tricky to navigate, so we are lucky to be joined by an expert guide in Eleanor Tallon. In this first of two episodes she explains the background to Act and the principles that govern its application. Eleanor takes us through the concept of Best Interest, how […]

Shabnam’s guest is a specialist in functional rehabilitation: helping people return to work, physical activity and daily functioning. Heather outlines the principles of this approach, its application with brain injury clients, and how to coordinate with other professionals and multidisciplinary teams in order to get the most out of the rehabilitation process. Keywords: physio, clinicians, […]

This week’s episode looks at sense-making in PI client work and ways to do that: – legislative, emotional and dynamic aspects of sense-making – grief models that can frame the client’s emotional presentation – how grief is a barrier to rehabilitation – how our relationship with our clients is a variable in sense-making – that […]