Changes in decision-making capacity in older adults :
[Book]
assessment and intervention /
edited by Sara Honn Qualls, Michael A. Smyer
Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
c2007
xiv, 352 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm
Wiley series in clinical geropsychology
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Aging effects on decision-making capacity -- Aging and decision-making capacity : an overview / Michael A. Smyer -- Cognitive changes across the life span / Shannon M. Foster ... [et al.] -- Medical factors affecting mental capacity / Kathryn Kaye and Jim Grigsby -- Impact of dementia on decision-making abilities / Stacey Wood and Betty E. Tanius -- Social and legal contexts of capacity decisions -- Decision-making capacity : the players / Sara Honn Qualls -- A primer for legal proceedings / Wayna M. Marshall, Catherine Seal, and Lynn Vanatta-Perry -- Culture and medical decision making / Michele J. Karel -- Clinical evaluation and intervention -- Clinical frameworks for capacity assessment / Jennifer Moye -- The role of neuropsychological assessment in capacity evaluations / Stacey Wood -- Assessment of medical consent capacity and independent living / Jennifer Moye and Michelle Braun -- Assessment of financial capacity in older adults with dementia / Katina R. Hebert and Daniel C. Marson -- Clinical interventions for decision making with impaired persons / Sara Honn Qualls -- The business of geropsychology : billing and preparing legal reports and testimony / Kathryn Kaye and Michael Kenny