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

1 / 10

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

True

False

2 / 10

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

True

False

3 / 10

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

True

False

4 / 10

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

5 / 10

If a resident is capable of making a particular treatment decision, he or she has no substitute decision maker for that decision.

True

False

6 / 10

Health care providers are not responsible for ensuring that substitute decision makers are capable of providing consent.

True

False

7 / 10

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

8 / 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

9 / 10

A resident must consent to a capacity evaluation.

True

False

10 / 10

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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