Why you should never give someone informal access to your bank account. Firstly, this is likely to be a breach of the agreement you have with your bank. They do not permit the sharing of your personal security information with anyone. There is no form of supervision of this sort of information access to your funds.
Q. What term do sociologist use to refer to a system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy?
Social stratification refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. It is universally observed that some groups in society have greater status, power, and wealth than other groups, and these differences lead to social stratification.
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- Q. What term do sociologist use to refer to a system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy?
- Q. How do I take control of someone else’s finances?
- Q. What decisions Cannot be made on behalf of others?
- Q. What needs to be considered when making a decision on behalf of someone who lacks the capacity to make that decision?
- Q. What decisions are not covered by the Mental Capacity Act?
Q. How do I take control of someone else’s finances?
You can be appointed to make decisions about someone’s money or property for a limited time – for example, while they’re on holiday. They can appoint you with either: a lasting power of attorney for ‘property and financial affairs’ – they’ll say when it starts and ends.
Q. What decisions Cannot be made on behalf of others?
You can never make decisions on someone’s behalf about certain things, such as: voting. relationships – for example consenting to sex, getting married or getting divorced.
Q. What needs to be considered when making a decision on behalf of someone who lacks the capacity to make that decision?
Before you make a decision or act on behalf of someone who lacks capacity, always question if you can do something else that would interfere less with their basic rights and freedoms. This is called finding the “least restrictive alternative”.
Q. What decisions are not covered by the Mental Capacity Act?
The types of decisions range from day-to-day decisions about things such as what to eat or wear, to serious decisions about where to live, finances and deciding to have an operation. It does NOT cover personal decisions such as marriage/civil partnership, divorce, sexual relationships, adoption and voting.
