Capacity Assessment
"Capacity assessment is a formal assessment of a person's mental capacity to make decisions about property and/or personal care under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 (SDA). Under the SDA, assessments are made in some situations where, as a last resort, individuals need to have someone else make decisions for them on a long-term basis. If a person is found of making incapable decisions regarding property and /or personal care, a guardian may be appointed or a power of attorney may become effective, depending upon the circumstances"
"Questions and Answers on Capacity Assessment" Capacity Assessment Office
c/o The Public Guardian and Trustee, September 2002, Ontario, Canada
Consent and Capacity Board
Geriatric Psychiatry Community Services of Ottawa
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
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