Welcome to the season one finale of Capacity Conversations! Today, we are excited to have a full house as we welcome the Capacity Clinic’s medical director Dr. Shulman and advisory board member Dr. Pachet back to the podcast, as well as our CEO Nathan Spaling and our chief legal officer Jasmine Sweatman!
In this episode, we are sharing some insight into our recent participation at the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry annual conference, where we had an opportunity to present some of our work on medical-legal innovations in the area of capacity evaluations. We’ll discuss common themes that emerged from the conference such as the attempts to identify red flags for someone’s incapacity and how someone could be vulnerable to undue influence. We’ll also touch on the discussion that took place surrounding the capacity to consent to MAiD, the increasing demand for capacity evaluations, and the crossover between medicine and law when it comes to capacity. Last but not least, we’ll also share details about the tools we’re developing to help protect those living with diminishing capacity. Keep listening to hear more!
To learn more about the suggested amendment for the capacity to consent to MAiD and the discussion that took place at the CAGP conference on this topic, read Dr. Shulman’s post on the All About Estates blog here.
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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