New Crimes: Ill Treatment or Neglect / Police Oracle, 29 March 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13052
"Carers who ill-treat or wilfully neglect a person lacking mental capacity will be committing a crime under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 from 1 April 2007.
The new offence will apply to anyone caring for a person who lacks capacity to make decisions for themselves, including family carers, healthcare and social care staff in hospital or care homes and those providing care in a person's home. Those protected by the new offence include people with learning disabilities, dementia, or brain injuries."