Mental Capacity Assessments in Older Adults

  • Applicant: Nuala Kane
  • Project ID: 17-006

Older people admitted to hospital for treatment of mental health problems are often unable to make some decisions for themselves because of their condition. When this happens, the person is said to ‘lack capacity’. We are interested in how and when doctors carry out assessments of capacity on older adult mental health wards.

The Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system is a computer system that allows researchers at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to carry out research using information from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust clinical records.

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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