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Determining Capacity Assessment Tools
The MoCA Test : https://www.mocatest.org/pdf_files/test/MoCA-Test-English_7_1.pdf
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a short test to assess for memory loss and other forms of cognitive decline.
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Instructions for administering the MoCA: https://www.smchealth.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/moca-instructions-english_2010.pdf
The MoCA Blind Test: https://www.unmc.edu/centric/_documents/MoCA-Test-BLIND.pdf
A modified version of the MoCA without the visual elements; usable in virtual visits
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Instructions for administering the MoCA Blind: https://www.mocatest.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MoCA-Blind-Instructions-English-08-2017.pdf
The Short Portable Assessment of Capacity for Everyday DecisionMaking (ACED): The ACED decision-making grid, as shown below, assesses for functional capacity. The scoring criteria are intended to help guide judgment whether the person has sufficient decisional abilities to make their own choices. There are no guidelines for how to interpret total score but the ACED is another tool that may be used to support decision-making. The_Short_Portable_ACED.pdf
Below are the ACED guiding questions to assess the above criteria:
