Changes in decision-making capacity in older adults
Subtitle: assessment and intervention
By: edited by Sara Honn Qualls, Michael A. Smyer.
Contributors: Qualls, Sarah Honn.; Smyer, Michael A.
Series: Wiley series in clinical geropsychology
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780470037980
Subjects: Decision making in old age
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Aging effects on decision-making capacity; title: Aging and decision-making capacity : an overview / Michael A. Smyer; title: Cognitive changes across the life span / Shannon M. Foster ... [et al.]; title: Medical factors affecting mental capacity / Kathryn Kaye and Jim Grigsby; title: Impact of dementia on decision-making abilities / Stacey Wood and Betty E. Tanius; title: Social and legal contexts of capacity decisions; title: Decision-making capacity : the players / Sara Honn Qualls; title: A primer for legal proceedings / Wayna M. Marshall, Catherine Seal, and Lynn Vanatta-Perry; title: Culture and medical decision making / Michele J. Karel; title: Clinical evaluation and intervention; title: Clinical frameworks for capacity assessment / Jennifer Moye; title: The role of neuropsychological assessment in capacity evaluations / Stacey Wood; title: Assessment of medical consent capacity and independent living / Jennifer Moye and Michelle Braun; title: Assessment of financial capacity in older adults with dementia / Katina R. Hebert and Daniel C. Marson; title: Clinical interventions for decision making with impaired persons / Sara Honn Qualls; title: The business of geropsychology : billing and preparing legal reports and testimony / Kathryn Kaye and Michael Kenny.