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Senior Health Capacity Assessment Service

What We Do

  • In-Home multidisciplinary assessment of adult cognitive capacity
  • Focus on decision-making skills relevant to addressing future care needs
  • Respectful, professional medical geriatrics experts with years of the necessary skills and experience

Issues We Can Address

  • Decision-making skills related to future care planning decisions and estate planning
  • Capacity to comprehend and retain information related to personal care and welfare
  • Functional prognosis that can help guide placement decisions
  • Appropriateness of current living-setting related to future care needs

Potential Clients

  • Older adults seeking to begin planning for their future care needs and asset distribution
  • Caregivers and case managers seeking help in planning living situation transitions for an older client whose functional abilities have changed
  • Families concerned with the need to document their aging loved one's capacity to complete important documents regarding future care needs
  • Attorneys requiring a professional assessment in support of potential guardianship actions to protect a loved one's assets in cases of an evident loss of capacity

 

From:

Healthcare Professionals

 

Social Workers

 

Elder Care Providers

Phone:

(732) 235-7669

Fax:

(732) 235-6309

Beeper:

(732) 651-3804

Email:

RWJMSFamilyMedicine-GeriatricsProgram@umdnj.edu

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