The Challenge of Everyday Evaluation of Decisional Capacity in Home Health Care

03/28/2000

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The Challenge of Everyday Evaluation of Decisional Capacity in Home Health Care

Purpose 

Participants

Clients Served 

Nonvoluntary Status of Clients 

Nonvoluntary Status of Clients 

Evaluation of Safety Embedded in Focus on Day-to-day Management

Corresponding Safety Issues

Situation Specific Evaluation of Decisional Capacity 

Decisional Capacity

Decisional Capacity 

Conclusion 

Challenges to Social Workers

Situation Specific Evaluation of Decisional Capacity

Nonvoluntary Status and levels of Decisional Capacity Responding to Complexity

Author: Tara Healy 

Email: thealy@usm.maine.edu

Home Page: www.usm.maine.edu/~thealy/