Journal article
Measuring Capacity to Complete an Advance Directive
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To validate reference standards for the assessment of capacity to complete an advance directive and to develop and test three simple screening instruments.
METHODS: We administered five measures of capacity to 96 older subjects from nursing homes, retirement homes, and homes for the aged. The measures included two reference standard evaluations: an assessment by a specially trained nurse in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team …
Authors
Molloy DW; Silberfeld M; Darzins P; Guyatt GH; Singer PA; Rush B; Bédard M; Strang D
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 660–664
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
6 1996
DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01828.x
ISSN
0002-8614