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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Please note: The information contained in these quizzes is not intended to be used as medical or legal advice.

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Capacity Quiz

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1. A resident's substitute decision maker can decide whether or not the resident is capable of making treatment decisions.

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2. A resident with dementia cannot be capable of consenting to a treatment decision.

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3. A resident must consent to a capacity evaluation.

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4. A resident can be capable of making one decision and incapable of making another decision, at the same time.

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5. Family can evaluate a resident’s capacity to make a particular health care decision.

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6. Capacity can come and go over time.

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

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

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9. 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.

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

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