NP4S029 - Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Dementia Practice 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: NP4S029
Module Title: Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Dementia Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Community and Professional Practice Nursing
Faculty Sub Group: Professional Nursing Practice
Module Leader: Karyn Davies, Imran Mohammed
Module Team: Owain Jones
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100290 - nursing
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

  • Enable the student to analyse contemporary professional, legal and ethical issues in dementia practice.
  • Enable the student to develop and extend knowledge and skills base around relevant professional, legal and ethical issues in the care and support of a person affected by dementia and their carers.

Content Summary

Professional, legal and ethical concepts and principles.

Legislation to include (but not limited to) Human Rights Act (1998) Mental Health Act (1983 as amended 2007) Mental Capacity Act (Amendment) Act (2019) Mental Health (Wales) Measure (2010) Equality Act (2010) Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act (2014).

Relevant case law.

Professional codes of conduct to include accountability, raising concerns, risk, duty of candour, standards of care, and advanced plans of care.

Autonomy, rights, advocacy, empowerment, equality and inclusion, disability, relationship centred support, reablement, supporting choice and decision-making, mental capacity, informed consent, liberty protection.

Principles of vulnerability and safeguarding.

This module will enhance critical thinking and decision making skills in relation to applying professional, legal, and ethical theory to dementia care and practice.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 6
Seminar 10
Tutorial 10
Independent Study 138
Directed Study 30
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 6
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically appraise professional, legal and ethical concepts as applied to the context of dementia care and support.
LO2 Critically analyse relevant professional, legal and ethical issues that underpin the effective care and support of a person affected by dementia and their carers.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 Presentation that relates to the application underpinning professional, legal and ethical issues in the care and support of a person affected by dementia/carers 20 N/A 40 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 Critical analysis of professional, legal and ethical issues as applied to the care and support of a person affected by dementia/carers. 0 3600 60 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 ✘ ✔
Essay 1 ✔ ✘

Reading List

Anna Arstein - Kerslake. (2017). Disability Human Rights Law. MDPI AG - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.

Brooker, D., & Kitwood, T. (2019). Dementia reconsidered, revisited: The person still comes first (Second ed.) London: Open University Press.

Davies H (2014) Human Rights Law Directions. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Harding, R. (2017). Duties to care: Dementia, relationality, and law (Cambridge bioethics and law). Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.

Harris, J., & Roulstone, A. (2011). Disability, Policy and Professional Practice. SAGE Publications. London.

Ryan-Morgan, T. (2019). Mental capacity casebook: Clinical assessment and legal commentary. Abingdon, Oxon; Routledge

Tingle, J., & Cribb, A. (2014). Nursing law and ethics (Fourth ed.).Chichester. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Rahman, S., & Howard, R. (2018). Essentials of dementia. Jessica Kingsley Publications London

Kong, C., & Keene, A. (2019). Overcoming challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Practical guidance for working with complex issues. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. London

Jones R, Piffaretti E (2018) Mental Capacity Act Manual. Sage. London.

Jones R (2019) Mental Health Act Manual (22nd Edition) Sweet and Maxwell Publishers.

Jones M, Morris A (2017) Statutes on Medical Law (9th Edition) Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Northway R, Jenkins R (2017) Safeguarding for Adults. Sage. London.

Mandelstam M (2019) Safeguarding Adults and the Law; An A-Z of Law and Practice (3rd Edition) Jessica Kingsley publishers. London.

McIntyre G, Stewart A, McCusker P (2018) Safeguarding Adults: Key Themes and Issues Palgrave. London.

Kitwood, T.M., (1997) Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first. Open University Press. London.

Hughes, J. (2014). How we think about dementia: Personhood, rights, ethics, the arts and what they mean for care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. London.

Herring J (2018) Medical Law and Ethics (7th Edition) Oxford University Press. Oxford.