Assessing Capacities of Older Adults
Author | : Jennifer Moye |
Publisher | : American Psychological Association (APA) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781433831546 |
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This book demonstrates how to address practical and ethical challenges when assessing older adults with neurocognitive disorders, like dementia. Expanding on the ABA/APA's Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Psychologists, it explores the tension between ensuring a client's autonomy while protecting them from harm, particularly when decision-making capacity or daily living skills are impaired. Chapters cover a range of complex issues in careful detail, including financial exploitation, undue influence, sexual consent, and medical aid in dying.