Capacity Evaluation

The Problem

Everybody Thinks Differently

How does someone know if an Adult is mentally capable to make a decision?

The subjectivity in the assessment procedure and essential information creates high variability in the opinions of your network.
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Most people have no idea who will complete the assessment, their qualifications, or procedures followed at the time of incapacity – i.e. professionals retire or not be accessible.

life is a succession of choices, what is yours?

Young woman medic is talking to old man touching his shoulder expressing support visiting patient in apartment. Communication and medicare concept.

The Method

How Capacity Clinic Helps

Our evidence-based approach addresses the needs of the assessment and provides standardized procedures to reduce variabilities in outcomes.

Common Pitfalls with Assessments

Assuming ability to understand determined by cognitive rating scale score
"If someone scored poorly on a cognitive test, they must lack capacity."

Ability to understand is sufficient to demonstrate capacity
"Client remembered coming to see me last week. They must have capacity."

Ability to express a wish accepted as appreciation
‍"They provided a reasonable response. They must have capacity."

Assuming diagnosis of a disability, dementia, or a mental health condition equating to incapacity
"If someone has dementia, mental illness, or a brain injury, they must lack capacity."

Equating "Bad Decisions" as Incapacity
“If the decision is unreasonable, they must lack capacity.”

The Method

Comprehensive Ability to Understand and Appreciate

DecisionTracker™
A tool to screen for risks of incapacity by gathering essential observations about the person's ability to understand and appreciate information about their situation.

Assess-You
Our consistent assessment procedure that utilize the person's information gathered using DecisionTracker™ to identify specific risk factors about their task, time and situation that may impact a person's ability to make decisions.

Per Referral

Common law-Based
Capacity Evaluation

Range From
$1500 - 3000

Additional fees may incur based on materials to review, duration/format of assessment, etc.

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The Problem

The Method

Common Pitfalls with Assessments

The Method

Common law-Based Capacity Evaluation

Range From$1500 - 3000

Common law-Based
Capacity Evaluation

Range From
$1500 - 3000