Mental Capacity Act principle 3: Unwise decisions

This video examines the third Mental Capacity Act principle, that people have the right to make decisions that others might regard as unwise or eccentric. You cannot treat someone as lacking capacity for this reason. Learn more:

Everyone has their own values, beliefs and preferences which may not be the same as those of other people.

The Mental Capacity Act has been in force since 2007 and applies to England and Wales. The primary purpose of the MCA is to promote and safeguard decision-making within a legal framework. It does this by empowering people to make decisions for themselves wherever possible, and by protecting people who lack capacity by providing a flexible framework that places individuals at the heart of the decision-making process - allowing people to plan ahead for a time in the future when they might lack the capacity, for any number of reasons.

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