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Difference between revisions of "Admission to the Residential Care Facility"

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==Assessing Capability to Consent?==
==Assessing Capability to Consent?==
 
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As noted above, health authorities are required to assure “that a client’s capacity to provide informed consent to facility admission has been assessed. “Assess” may be interpreted in two ways in this policy context:  
As noted above, health authorities are required to assure “that a client’s capacity to provide informed consent to facility admission has been assessed. “Assess” may be interpreted in two ways in this policy context: