Some jurisdictions provide for public guardianship programs serving incapacitated adults or children.

The paper, on legal protection for mental incapacitated adults, will recommend legal definitions of adults at risk be extended for vulnerable elderly people.

Delays occur if a will is contested, if immediate relatives cannot be found or if a person younger than 18 or an incapacitated adult is involved.

The Law Society today joined the Law Commission in calling for changes to the law relating to decision-making and mentally incapacitated adults.

That some dingoes might regard humans as prey was also deemed possible as children or incapacitated adults could be theoretically overpowered.

The proposed legislation concerns personal and financial substitute decision-making for mentally incapacitated adults.

Age Concern England has replied to the Law Commission's consultation paper,Mentally incapacitated adults and decision-making (see Information Circular, June 1991).

Tiberi has authored legislation that made it easier for returning military veterans to receive federal jobs and provided for more federal assistance to caregivers of incapacitated adults.

The case resulted in major changes to the admission procedures for incapacitated adults to care homes and hospitals in the UK where they are, or may be, deprived of their liberty.

Here, the House Committee on Government Reform has said it will hold hearings on "the long-term care of incapacitated adults."