NEW ORLEANS ― Evaluating a patient's capacity to make decisions about his or her personal healthcare can present a significant challenge for physicians, but evaluating intoxicated patients has its own ...

Focusing on older adults’ mental and physical capacities could be more effective than disease management in promoting healthy aging, according to the results of a new study. Researchers from Peking ...

As clients age, the likelihood that they’ll face physical and mental health problems rises. As a result, clients’ families may start to wonder whether capacity will become an issue. They may ask you ...

When should mental capacity be assessed in a person with dementia? You must always assume that a person is able to make a decision for themselves, until it is proved that they can’t. A person’s ...