Public Guardianship Office

This book offers the first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the last study was published in 1981. Public Guardianship: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People? is written to advance public understanding of what happens to disabled and elderly adults when no family member or friend is available to be a caregiver or guardian should it become necessary. It is the first major study on this critically important issue since 1981. Conducted by experts in gerontology, social work, public policy, and public health, it finds that, although progress has been made, guardianship programs around the country still are hampered by limited staff and resources. Public Guardianship analyzes the full range of state statutes governing guardianship, including guardian eligibility, investigation, due process, rights, powers, costs, and monitoring. The authors report their case studies of public guardianship programs, marshaling and comparing field data from their surveys of stakeholders in ten states. The book concludes with a variety of recommendations for improving guardianship programs, including the authors' Model Public Guardian Act.

The role of the Court of Protection is to protect and to manage the financial affairs of people without the necessary mental capacity to do so themselves. The Public Guardianship Office, an executive agency of the Department for Constitutional Affairs, is the administrative office of the Court of Protection and is responsible for implementing the Court's decisions. The Public Guardianship Office provides protection in two ways: by registering enduring powers of attorney; and overseeing the work of receivers appointed to look after the financial affairs of people once they have lost mental capacity. This NAO report examines the Office's targeting of risk; the steps it is taking to improve service quality; and its activities to raise the public's awareness of its role and the options available to them in the event of losing mental capacity.

The Public Guardianship Office provides financial protection services for people with mental incapacity in England and Wales. The PGO is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice

The Public Guardianship Office (PGO) provided financial protection services for people with mental incapacity in England and Wales. It was replaced by the Office of the Public Guardian with the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Public Guardianship Office is an executive agency of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. It was established in April 2001 to take forward the mental health functions of the Public Trust Office and provide financial protection services for people with mental incapacity in England and Wales. This is the third annual report and accounts for the agency, and describes its key achievements, objectives and performance measures for the year 2003-04.

The Public Guardianship Office is an executive agency of the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the administrative office for the Court of Protection. It was established in April 2001 to take forward the mental health functions previously carried out by the Public Trust Office. Its remit covers England and Wales, with responsibility to provide services that protect the financial well-being of people who lack mental capacity to manage their own financial affairs, by supporting the Court of Protection in the appointment of receivers and by registering Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs). This is the agencys fourth annual report and accounts, and it describes its activities, objectives and performance against key targets for the year 2004-05.