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Failure to test cognitive capacity is an abdication of professional responsibility

by Kathy Salter | Mar 14, 2020 | Autonomy Assessment

Dr Jane Lonie, Clinical Neuropsychologist Consideration of a client’s cognitive capacity for decision making extends beyond a conversation with a client to query the client’s conversational skill. Awareness of questions to ask and records to make to go...

What must all competent professionals know about mild cognitive impairment?

by Kathy Salter | Mar 11, 2020 | Autonomy Assessment

What must all competent professionals know about mild cognitive impairment? Recent research indicates about one in three people between the ages of 50 and 80 are likely to be affected by mild cognitive impairment (“MCI”). For professionals and businesses...

When dementia arises, how do you minimise family wealth disputes and stay out of court?

by Kathy Salter | Mar 7, 2020 | Autonomy Assessment

FACT 1: For some years disputes over wills and estates are the most frequent type of litigation in the Superior Court of New South Wales. Litigants commonly question the cognitive capacity of the will maker aiming to change situations or split wealth differently. This...

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