Understanding Decisional Capacity: How a Neuropsychologist Can Evaluate and Legal Options for Substitute Decision Making

By attending this session, participants will learn

• How neuropsychologists objectively evaluate cognitive functioning for the purposes of diagnosis and treatment planning and when to engage a neuropsychologist.
• The primary uses of a neuropsychological assessment and the major domains of cognition and emotion assessed by neuropsychologists.
• The levels of decisional capacity needed to engage in the contract of power of attorney for healthcare and property.
• Rights and responsibilities of an agent under power of attorney including those that the agent doesn’t have.
• The guardianship process and the role, authority, and powers of a guardian.

Presented by: Sherrie D. All, Ph.D. and Michaela P. Franco, MA, JD