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Establishing level of capacity of judgement

RonGu
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Anyone have experience evaluating capacity of judgment? I am being referred to Forensic Psychiatry at a cost of $5,000 to $10,000. Gotta be a better way.

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  • Rick4407
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    Interesting term. No idea what the goal is. Determining the judgement of someone with dementia seems like a waste of time. The patients capacity is relentlessly declining. Any result, if actually valid, would be only accurate for a short period of time. I would be very suspicious of the referral.

  • CindyBum
    CindyBum Member Posts: 467
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    I’m not sure what you’re working on, but when I needed to move my DW off of our family trust to give me full control, our regular neurologist met with us and provided a letter making official that my DW was no longer capable of making financial decisions. 10 minute, regular visit covered by Medicare.

  • ronda b
    ronda b Member Posts: 237
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    Why?

  • ronda b
    ronda b Member Posts: 237
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    Would seem like a neurologist would be the one to do that.

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