Assessment of Capacity in Older Adults - Module 2: Neurocognitive Disorders and Capacity

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Presenter: Peter A. Lichtenberg, PHD, ABPP

Peter A. Lichtenberg, PHD, ABPP is the Director of The Institute of Gerontology and the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit.  He is particularly interested in the area of intersection between financial capacity and financial exploitation; finding ways to balance autonomy and protection for older adults. In 2013, he published the first nationally representative study on predictors of older adult scam victims. He recently completed the creation of the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Making Rating Scale, and the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Screening Scale: He has authored 7 books and over 200 scientific articles and book chapters in Geropsychology including being the senior editor for the American Psychological Association’s Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology. 

Learning Objective 1
Summarize key neurocognitive disorders of aging and how they impact capacity and delineate the role of memory, judgment and awareness in capacity functioning.

To purchase the full program or individual modules:

• Assessment of Capacity in Older Adults
• Module 1: Foundations of Capacity & ABA-APA Model and Legal Concepts & Guardianship
• Module 3: Medical Consent, Sexual Consent and Visitation
• Module 4: Financial Capacity, Financial Exploitation and Undue Influence
• Module 5: Creating and Defending your Expert Report