Capacity Clinic

No two decision makers are the same; no two decisions are often the same

 

There has been no assessment training or regulatory standards offered by any professional college or  ministry to assess the decision-making capacity of a person who is:  

• signing/revoking a Will; 

• signing a contract (including selling/buying real estate or hiring a service provider) 

• giving a gift to someone 

• instructing counsel 

• getting married, divorced or reconciling etc. 

 

As a result, capacity evaluators are almost exclusively operating part-time, without support/collaboration  of other professionals and using informal engagement procedures which do not define expectations of  the process or outcome - and there is no support from the broader assessment community. 

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HOW DO YOU KNOW IF AN EVALUATOR CAN INTERPRET THE INFORMATION OF THE ASSESSMENT?  HOW CAN YOU DEFEND A CAPACITY ASSESSMENT THAT IS BASED ON LIMITED INTERACTIONS?