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- What are support measures and what are they for?
- Who decides whether a person needs a support measure and what criteria are used to determine it?
- What does the role of the assistant entail and what are their functions?
- If the person accepts the notarial route and it is not a representative assistance, is it necessary to make general powers of attorney?
- Can we request a review of support measures when we see that the person has improved and perhaps no longer needs them?
- How can I request assistance?
- Who provides the support measures?
- What assistance do foundations offer and how do they work?
- When is it advisable to request assistance?
- What happens if the person does not want support measures, but the family sees that they need them?
- What should I do to report that a person who has been granted support measures is not receiving adequate care?
- Are there any concrete measures to help someone manage their finances?
- What are the main changes included in the 2021 Law regarding support measures?
- Where can I get the document I need to take to court to propose support measures? What else do I need to bring?
- Can I start processing support measures for a 17-year-old, thinking that when they come of age they will need help in some areas?
- Who can request a support measure?
What are support measures and what are they for?
Judith Franco Arrese
Lawyer. Legal advisor with coordination functions
Fundació Malalts Mentals de Catalunya
They are the way to guarantee, if necessary, the exercise of capacity on an equal basis, in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which proclaims that persons with disabilities have legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life, and obliges States Parties to adopt appropriate measures to provide persons with disabilities access to the support they may need in exercising their legal capacity.
Support measures serve to: assist in decision-making, help communicate one's wishes, help shape them, and ultimately, serve the universal goal of ensuring equality in decision-making. Support is, therefore, the result of adopting the necessary measures for this purpose.
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Judith Franco Arrese
Lawyer. Legal advisor with coordination functions
Fundació Malalts Mentals de Catalunya