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The foundations
The six things everything else rests on. If you read nothing else, read these — in this order.
Rights come before tasks. Understand consent and capacity first, and the rest of care makes sense rather than feeling like rules.
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Person-Centred Care
What person-centred care actually means in practice: the person's own history, preferences and goals steering everything you do.
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Consent to Care
What valid consent looks like in everyday care, how to handle refusals, and who can consent when the person cannot.
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Mental Capacity Act 2005
The five principles, the two-stage test, best-interests decisions and what the MCA asks of you in everyday care.
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Safeguarding Adults
Recognising abuse and neglect, the section 42 duty, Making Safeguarding Personal, and exactly what to do when you have a concern.
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Documentation and Record Keeping
Records that protect people and staff alike: factual, contemporaneous, complete — and what good daily notes actually look like.
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Risk Assessments
Assessing risk without banning life: the five steps, person-centred risk enablement, dynamic assessment, and reviews that keep pace with people.