People who lack capacity to make choices often only lack capacity for a narrow part of their life. Thus, they may not be able to make choices about housing bt fine about everything else.
This is written into English law in the Mental Capacity Act. There was a parliamentary report ("The Cornwall Report") which covered some abuse and some people who had their liberty unreasonably restricted. Importantly people are allowed to make unwise choices if they have the capacity to make that choice and you should not stop them even if you have their best interests at heart.
This is tricky to sort out when working with people with limited capacity and there's some discussion about people not checking that someone actually does have capacity to make choices.
This is written into English law in the Mental Capacity Act. There was a parliamentary report ("The Cornwall Report") which covered some abuse and some people who had their liberty unreasonably restricted. Importantly people are allowed to make unwise choices if they have the capacity to make that choice and you should not stop them even if you have their best interests at heart.
This is tricky to sort out when working with people with limited capacity and there's some discussion about people not checking that someone actually does have capacity to make choices.