Title Assessing capacities of older adults : a casebook to guide difficult decisions / edited by Jennifer Moye

Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding Legal and Clinical Capacities -- I. CAPACITIES IN DIAGNOSTIC CONTEXTS -- 2. Evaluating Capacities in Persons With Dementia -- 3. Evaluating Capacities in Persons With Serious Mental Illness -- 4. Evaluating Capacities After Traumatic Brain Injury -- II. CAPACITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ELDER ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION -- 5. Assessment of Financial Exploitation -- 6. Assessment of Undue Influence -- 7. Assessment of Independent Living Capacity in the Context of Elder Self-Neglect -- 8. Assessment of Testamentary Capacity III. EVOLVING ISSUES IN ASSESSING CAPACITIES -- 9. Assessment of Sexual Consent Capacity -- 10. Assessment of Capacity in Medical Aid in Dying -- IV. NEGOTIATING CHALLENGES WITH FAMILIES AND SURROGATES -- 11. Working With Surrogates Who May Lack Capacity or Be Unfit -- 12. Addressing Family Conflicts When Assessing Capacities -- About the Editor Summary "This book demonstrates how to address practical and ethical challenges when evaluating capacities of older adults with neurocognitive disorders, like dementia. The contributors are expert clinicians who draw upon real life experiences conducting clinical capacity assessments in civil matters, illustrating best practices based on the guidelines from the ABA/APA's Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Psychologists. Chapters cover complex and difficult issues in careful detail, including: * financial exploitation, * undue influence, * sexual consent, and * medical aid in dying. The author also provides guidance for negotiating family conflicts, working with surrogate decision makers who also have diminished capacity, coordinating with medical and legal professionals, and addressing other situations that involve multiple stakeholders with competing priorities. A recurring theme throughout the volume is the challenge of balancing a client's right to autonomy, while also protecting them from harm. The book offers careful, effective advice for keeping clients who lack decision making capacity involved in their healthcare choices and working to maintain their independence when daily living skills are impaired"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Decision making in old age. Medical care -- Decision making Older people -- Functional assessment. Capacity and disability. Older people -- Psychological testing. Dementia. Aged -- psychology Health Services for the Aged Dementia PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging Capacity and disability Decision making in old age Dementia Medical care -- Decision making Older people -- Functional assessment Older people -- Psychological testing Form Electronic book Author Moye, Jennifer, editor American Psychological Association, issuing body. LC no. 2019051600 ISBN 9781433831553 1433831554

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