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Mental Capacity Part 2

  • Wed, September 27, 2023
    14:00 - 15:00

This session on the Mental Capacity Act is a follow-up to a previous session in February.

It will pick up on questions commonly asked by occupational therapists and others, including:

  • If, when and how to assess capacity?
  • Proportionality of capacity assessment, and how formal should it be?
  • Difference between a person complying with something, and consenting to it
  • Changing or fluctuating capacity, and how to approach it
  • Executive capacity: (e.g. somebody apparently capacitous but repeatedly unable to use and weigh information at the relevant time)
  • Relevance to decision-making of next of kin, and of lasting power of attorney
  • Assessment of risk, implications of lack of capacity – and role of professional judgement

Speakers

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Guest speakers
Michael Mandelstam

Learning outcomes

This session will look to answer some of the most commonly asked questions by occupational therapists and others, including:

  • If, when and how to assess capacity?
  • Proportionality of capacity assessment, and how formal should it be?
  • Difference between a person complying with something, and consenting to it
  • Changing or fluctuating capacity, and how to approach it
  • Executive capacity: (e.g. somebody apparently capacitous but repeatedly unable to use and weigh information at the relevant time)
  • Relevance to decision-making of next of kin, and of lasting power of attorney
  • Assessment of risk, implications of lack of capacity – and role of professional judgement
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