DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY MEASURE AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA

Christopher M Nguyen; Cady Block; John Linck; Natalie Denburg

doi:10.1093/geroni/igz038.2594

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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY MEASURE AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA

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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY MEASURE AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA

Christopher M Nguyen, Cady Block, John Linck and Natalie Denburg

Innovation in aging, Vol.3(Suppl 1), pp.S705-S706

11/08/2019

DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igz038.2594

PMCID: PMC6846573

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As the growth of the population aged 65 and older is projected to be one of the most substantial demographic trends in history, geriatricians and other professionals working with older adults will be regularly consulted for opinion regarding an individual’s testamentary capacity (Brenkel et al., 2018). For individuals with severe cognitive and psychiatric impairment, the reduced capacity to make decision is evident. However, testamentary capacity among individuals with mild or moderate cognitive impairment has been mixed: some patients with mild cognitive impairment may be incapable of will making, while other patients with moderate cognitive impairment may have testamentary capacity (Spar & Garb, 1992). While several measures of testamentary capacity have been developed, these instruments are either not available for clinicians or lacks the sophistication of a comprehensive assessment (Marson, Huthwaite, & Herbert, 2004; Papageorgiou et al., 2018). With increasingly complex modern family structures (e.g., multiple marriages and stepchildren from these relationships), together with a projected largest transfer of wealth in human history about to occur in the next 30 years (Havens and Schervish, 2003), more standardized assessment procedures for testamentary capacity will be valuable for clinicians working with geriatric populations. In this study, healthy community-dwelling older adults and patients with Major Neurocognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease were recruited to participate in a validation study of a proposed testamentary capacity measure. Preliminary findings and implications are discussed.

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Title: Subtitle: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY MEASURE AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA
Creators: Christopher M Nguyen - The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Cady Block - The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
John Linck - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Natalie Denburg - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Innovation in aging, Vol.3(Suppl 1), pp.S705-S706
DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igz038.2594
PMCID: PMC6846573
ISSN: 2399-5300
eISSN: 2399-5300
Publisher: Oxford University Press; US
Language: English
Date published: 11/08/2019
Academic Unit: Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984071665402771

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