Book Review: Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers

Stan Rule has written a review on American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and the American Psychological Association handbook entitled, Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers. Provided below is an excerpt from the review:

Lawyers are required to make assessments of their clients’ capacity to make legal decisions, and sign legal documents. This is especially true in a wills and estates practice, which will often include incapacity planning, such as making enduring powers of attorney, and applications to court for guardianship of adults.

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I have just finished reading Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers, published by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and the American Psychological Association in 2005. It is a useful resource for Canadian estate-planning lawyers as well as American.

For the rest of the favorable review, see Stan Rule, Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers, Rule of Law, Feb. 1, 2015.

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.