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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Capacity Quiz

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1. 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.

True

False

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2. Capacity can come and go over time.

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

True

False

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. Health care providers are not responsible for ensuring that substitute decision makers are capable of providing consent.

True

False

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9. If a resident regains capacity, he or she can refuse consent to something his or her substitute decision maker previously consented to.

True

False

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10. A substitute decision maker can consent on a resident’s behalf, even if the resident is capable.

True

False

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