Information for people, family and friends
For people deprived of their liberty and their families, friends and carers
- DoLS and you - easy read - version for the person made subject to the process (DH 2009)
- DoLS: What you should know - expanded easy-read booklet containing information about the MCA DoLS presented in a series of narratives (DH 2009)
- DoLS Family and Carers Guide A guide for family, friends and unpaid carers (DH 2009)
- The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Standard authorisation – your rights - summary of your rights now that the council has decided you need to stay in a care home or hospital which they have named.(LGA 2016)
- Deprivation of liberty safeguards: Factsheet 62. - covers what deprivation of liberty means, the required procedure for authorisation, what can be done if there are concerns, and the procedures and protections required (Age UK 2018)