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

True

False

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2. A resident must consent to a capacity evaluation.

True

False

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3. 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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4. 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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5. Even if a resident is capable, informed consent for treatment must also be obtained from the person named in the resident's Power of Attorney for Personal Care document.

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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10. 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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