04.05.02.01. Provisions exist which promote supported decision-making, which enable people with and without dementia or network of persons to discuss issues and make decisions | India
04.05.02.01. Provisions exist which promote supported decision-making, which enable people with and without dementia or network of persons to discuss issues and make decisions | India
07 Jul 2022
The Mental Health Care Act (2017) has certain provisions that are relevant to persons with dementia such as advance directives and nominated representatives (Ministry of Law and Justice, 2017; Kumar et al., 2019).
References:
Kumar, C.T.S., Shaji, K.S., Varghese, M., Nair, M.K.C. (Eds) Dementia in India 2020. Cochin: Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI), Cochin Chapter, 2019. Available from: https://dementiacarenotes.in/dcnfiles/Dementia-in-India-2020.pdf
Ministry of Law and Justice. (2017). The Mental Health Care Act 2017. Government of India. Available from: https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/175248.pdf