Capacity Quiz

When do you know if someone is capable of making a treatment decision?

Is capacity all-or-nothing?

Who can evaluate capacity?

Take the capacity quiz to find out how well you understand treatment decision making capacity in Ontario

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Capacity Quiz

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1. Residents have the right to appeal a finding of incapacity.

True

False

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2. To be capable, a person must have the ability to understand information related to the treatment decision, and the ability to appreciate the consequences of their decision.

True

False

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3. A resident can be incapable of making a particular treatment decision in the morning, and then capable of making the same decision in the afternoon.

True

False

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4. A resident is incapable of treatment decisions if they were incapable of admission to long-term care decisions.

True

False

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5. Capacity should be evaluated at the time that something is proposed - not before.

True

False

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6. The person proposing treatment is responsible for ensuring consent comes from a capable person (whether that person is the resident, or the substitute decision maker).

True

False

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7. Regulated health practitioners who find a resident incapable of making a treatment decision are required to follow their regulatory college's guidelines in providing information.

True

False

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8. Capable residents have the right to refuse treatment - even if health care providers think it would be beneficial, or life-saving.

True

False

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9. Capacity is to be presumed unless it is not reasonable to do so.

True

False

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10. A person who has made a Power of Attorney for Personal Care document can no longer make his or her own treatment decisions.

True

False

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