Competence Assessment in Dementia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stoppe, Gabriela (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Psychiatry.; Psychotherapy.; Medical laws and legislation.; Neuropsychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medical Law.

1 Dementia and related disorders affect the suffer- minimal standards of care for people with dementia , ers’ ability to perform activities of daily living and the improvement of access to diagnosis and treat- 2 3 to make appropriate decisions about various issues ment , ethical issues related to re...

Table of Contents:

• Why is Competence Assessment Important? Development of the EDCON Consensus Statement
• EDCON-Consensus; Assessment of Competence
• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Brain Structures Inoalved in Dementia
• Medical Factors Interfering With Competence In Dementia
• Drugs That Affect Competence
• Who Decides Who Decides? Ethical Perspectives on Capacity and Decision-making
• Are Legal Systems in Europe Fit for The Dementia Challenge? Approach of The Council of Europe
• Testamentary and Financial Competence Issues in Dementia
• Assessment of Competency and Advance Directives
• Informed Consent in Dementia Research
• Assessment of Fitness to Drive, Possession of Professional Drivers’ License, Possession of Firearms, and Pilot’s Certificate in Clients with Dementing Conditions
• Practice of Competence Assement in Dementia; Austria
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia; Denmark
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia; Finland
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: France
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Germany
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Greece
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Ireland
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Italy
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: The Netherlands
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Norway
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Poland
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Portugal
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Romania
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Spain
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Sweden
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Switzerland
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: Czech Republic
• Practice of Competence Assessment in Dementia: UK.