Deciding in dementia: the possibilities and limits of supported decision-making

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dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-27T14:42:26Z
dc.date.available2019-08-27T14:42:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-17
dc.date.updated2019-08-27T14:34:49Z
dc.description.abstractIndividuals and societies have interacted with people with dementia in different ways for as long as the condition has existed. Sometimes this has involved support; sometimes exploitation; and sometimes something in between. What sets the contemporary context apart is that, since the coming into force of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008 (United Nations, 2006), supported decision-making has assumed a formal legal dimension, one which has been adopted in different ways across different jurisdictions. This article explores forms of supported decision-making through a dementia-centred lens, looking at the benefits of supported decision-making in dementia but also identifying conceptual and practical challenges. It argues that for people with dementia, the availability of supported decision-making offers a legal choice; a way of maintaining some degree of control for as long as possible. However, the specific challenges need to be appreciated. The article compares two legislative frameworks: the Representation Agreement Act 2000 in British Columbia and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in Ireland, both of which show the complexities involved in developing legislation in this arena.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.articleid101466en
dc.identifier.citationDonnelly, M. (2019) 'Deciding in dementia: The possibilities and limits of supported decision-making', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 66, 101466, (7 pp). doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101466en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101466en
dc.identifier.endpage7en
dc.identifier.issn0160-2527
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Law and Psychiatryen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8399
dc.identifier.volume66en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016025271930130X
dc.rights© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 licenseen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectDisabilityen
dc.subjectConventionen
dc.subjectLegal capacityen
dc.subjectAssisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015en
dc.subjectUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiesen
dc.titleDeciding in dementia: the possibilities and limits of supported decision-makingen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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