Welcome back to another episode of Capacity Conversations! Thank you for joining us as we talk more about the circumstances where a capacity assessment may be needed and how they are done.
Capacity assessments aren’t a “one-size-fits-all” situation. In other words, one standard capacity evaluation cannot work for each type of decision because each decision a person makes comes with its own unique complexities. As we make different types of decisions, the information we need to understand changes and the kind of reasoning we have to do to make a choice is different. In this episode, we will explore how the capacity to make a choice can be task specific.
Here from the Capacity Clinic to help us take a deeper look are Dr. Richard Shulman, Medical Director, Jasmine Sweatman, Chief Legal Officer and Nathan Spaling, our CEO. Keep listening to learn more about how capacity is task specific.
Capacity Conversations: Your Thoughts or Mine is a podcast about capacity and decision-making in Canada, presented by the Capacity Clinic. Each day, Canadian professionals face growing numbers of vulnerable adults or their substitute decision makers, stressing historical practices for assuring capacity when important decisions are being made. The pandemic has given us a glimpse of the future where the numbers of elderly clients, their mobility considerations, and the need for professional diligence in determining capacity are all growing. Issues requiring legal and clinical support arise frequently, and that’s where we come in. At Capacity Clinic, our mission is to improve supported decision-making and capacity evaluation. We do this by creating Canadian expertise and intellectual property, designing and developing educational programming, and supplying individual consultations from leading experts. We are also proud to have developed a best practices model for the use of video conferencing in capacity assessment. In this podcast, we’ll dive into all aspects of capacity and decision-making so that you know what to do if you’re working with, know, or are someone in need of a capacity evaluation.
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