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As life expectancy has lengthened, research has been increasingly directed toward improving the quality of life in old age. Social agencies work in the field of socioeconomic factors, and medical research seeks the causes and remedies for mental deterioration. It is time to review the legal status of the mentally impaired elderly and to ensure that our lawmakers are cognizant of the changing situation. Before any characterization of mental capacity is made, a comprehensive investigation should be carried out to make sure that no potentially correctable physical disorder underlies perceived mental disabilities. In the past, the law has taken a global view of mental capacity. A person was adjudged either competent for all purposes or incompetent on a similar universal basis. A system is suggested to change this outdated approach and to assess separately the divisible components of mental capability. This would permit the courts to delineate their judgments and allow persons with partial mental incapacities to live a fuller life than if they had been declared totally incompetent.

Author: Hotopf, Matthew Source: Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, Volume 5, Number 6, November/December 2005 , pp. 580-584(5)Publisher: Royal College of Physicians < previous article | next article > | View Table of Contents Key: - Free content - New Content - Subscribed Content - Free Trial Content Abstract: Mental capacity is required for an adult to make autonomous treatment choices. This review highlights recent legal and clinical developments in the field. The recent English Mental Capacity Act 2005 is described and compared with mental health legislation. Some of the difficulties of defining mental capacity are then outlined. Recent research regarding mental capacity in general hospital patients is summarised. Such research indicates firstly that capacity can reliably be assessed; secondly, that among general hospital inpatients, approximately one-third may lack capacity; and thirdly, that mental incapacity in this setting is mainly driven by cognitive impairment caused by delirium or dementia. This is contrasted with psychiatric inpatients, where the problem is no more frequent, but mainly relates to psychotic illness. The article finishes with some general guidance as to how to assess mental capacity in the general hospital.

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Service levels from Independent Living facilities through Skilled Nursing Care in Kentucky and Ohio.

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