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

True

False

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2. 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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3. 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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4. If a resident is capable of making a particular treatment decision, he or she has no substitute decision maker for that decision.

True

False

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. A substitute decision maker can consent on a resident’s behalf, even if the resident is capable.

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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