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| Is the degree of cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease related to their capacity to appoint an enduring power of attorney? | | Author(s) | Rebecca Gregory, Fayaz Roked, Lisa Jones |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 5, September 2007 |
| Pages | pp 527-531 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Court of protection ; Law ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Ideally, capacity to create an enduring power of attorney (EPA) should be assessed clinically, but it is sometimes necessary to assess capacity retrospectively, such as in the event of legal challenges. In this study, participants with a DSM-IV diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) were recruited from the Old Age Psychiatry service at the Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham. The study aimed to determine if information readily available from patient notes - such as Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and socio-demographic data - were good predictors of capacity to create an EPA. The study found that while socio-demographic factors had no association with capacity, the MMSE score was a good predictor of capacity and could be used to aid retrospective assessments of capacity to create an EPA. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080508205 A |
| Classmark | E4: EA: DA: JVC: VR: 4C |
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