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9780470228272

Changes in Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: Assessment and Intervention

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470228272

  • ISBN10:

    047022827X

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Part of the Wiley Series in Clinical Geropsychology, Changes in Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: Assessment and Intervention helps to familiarize you with the legal and social contexts for decision making in potentially impaired individuals. Editors Sara Qualls and Michael Smyer have brought together a notable team of international contributors to provide you with a unique framework of the legal, social, and psychological approaches to assessing the ability of older adults to make decisions.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Aging Effects on Decision-Making Capacity
Aging and Decision-Making Capacity: An Overview
Cognitive Changes across the Life Span
Medical Factors Affecting Mental Capacity
Impact of Dementia on Decision-Making Abilities
Social and Legal Contexts of Capacity Decisions
Decision-Making Capacity: The Players
A Primer for Legal Proceedings
Culture and Medical Decision Making
Clinical Evaluation and Intervention
Clinical Frameworks for Capacity Assessment
The Role of Neuropsychological Assessment in Capacity Evaluations
Assessment of Medical Consent Capacity and Independent Living
Assessment of Financial Capacity in Older Adults with Dementia
Clinical Interventions for Decision Making with Impaired Persons
The Business of Geropsychology: Billing and Preparing Legal Reports and Testimony
Epilogue
Author Index
Subject Index
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