Ability to Seek Support and Assistance

Assessment of Cognitive Functioning includes the Adult’s ability of:

• 1. Understanding the situation and options, and

  2. Evaluating the options and consequences.

Assessment of Executive functioning

• 1. To be capable, the adult must also be able to carry out the decision.

This course introduces only the basic concepts of incapability assessment. Assessment of incapability will be covered in greater details in Module 7 (Capability, Consent and Vulnerable Adults).

For reference about different areas of decision making see the Capability and Consent Tool – BC Edition. This tool is to be used in consultation with your DRC.