Guardianship for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Accountant, Advocate or ‘Family’ Member?

Changes in life experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 pandemics in South Korea

“…However, it is not easy for adults with ID who are assigned a guardian to balance their need for support and protection and their right to self-determination and autonomy. 36 , 37 Most importantly, parents should create alternatives to guardianship instead of making decisions for them. 38 Parents should consult with practitioners, who could suggest best practices for parents and adult children with ID to reduce the risk of COVID-19.…”

Care Ethics for Supported Decision-making. A Narrative Policy Analysis Regarding Social Work in Cases of Dementia and Self-neglect

“…Persons with a reduced decision-making capacity can have different forms of guardians to help manage finances, through regular visits pay attention to their needs, and safeguard their interests in relation to the law. However, these interventions are in practice uncommon among older people with dementia (Giertz 2018;Mattsson and Giertz 2020). Substituted decision-making interventions are furthermore never to be applied in matters of care.…”

The Capabilities Approach and the Concepts of Self-Determination, Legal Competence and Human Dignity in Social Services for Older People

“…The mentor is not legally obliged to actively involve the principal in the decision-making process. Therefore, despite the legally constructed role of the mentor as an assistant, and despite the formal requirement of consent from the principal, it happens that in practice a mentor can misuse the role and take full control over the principal's affairs, especially in relation to financial matters (Giertz, 2018).…”