MC1 Three points about mental capacity

The following three points about mental capacity are particularly important and form the basis of this course:

• Mental capacity is a matter that relates to everyone, not just people with a disability or mental impairment.
• Mental capacity depends on the ability of the person and can change with time.
• Mental capacity, or the extent to which a person may lack it, involves an assessment and judgement of their ability to make a particular decision.

For the rest of this lesson you will consider the first two points.