Age at which adults are placed on welfare guardianship orders
Adults aged 16-17 at point of guardianship order approval 2008-09
Adults aged 18-24 at point of guardianship order approval 2008-09
Adults aged 25-64 at point of guardianship order approval 2008-09
Adults aged 65+ at point of guardianship order approval 2008-09
Our interest in these figures
The above pie-charts show the considerable variance in the age at which adults with different causes of incapacity are placed on welfare guardianship orders under the provisions of the Adults with Incapacity Act 2000. This may not be surprising in itself, but has particular relevance when viewed in context of the length of time for which orders were granted.
What we found
Forty six percent of adults with learning disability were under 25 when their order was granted. This contrasts with only 9% of the orders for people with mental illness falling within this age range. With people for whom orders were granted where their incapacity was caused by dementia, 95% were over the age of 65 and 32% were over the age of 85 when the order was granted.
Annual reports
- directors introduction
- overview of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 introduction
- new orders granted in 2008-09
- total numbers of 2003 Act orders in existence
- monitoring our priority areas
- additional findings from our monitoring of mental health law
- our overview of the use of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- our overview of the use of Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- trends in the use of welfare guardianship
- geographical variations in the use of welfare guardianship
- causes of incapacity in guardianship
age of adults at point of welfare guardianship order approval
- length of welfare guardianship orders granted
- consent to medical treatment (part 5 AWI)
- our scrutiny of approved welfare guardianship
- welfare guardianship for adults under 25
- proposals for legislative change