Evaluation of the MCAST, a multidisciplinary toolkit to improve mental capacity assessment.

Conclusions: The MCAST is the first toolkit to support the needs of individuals with communication disabilities during mental capacity assessments. It enables assessors to deliver high quality, legally compliant and confident practice.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONMental capacity assessment practice needs to be improved to maximise patient autonomy, safety and well-being.The MCAST is a paper-based toolkit designed to facilitate and improve mental capacity practice in England and Wales.This study suggests the MCAST would be easy and acceptable to use in healthcare settings and could lead to improvements in assessment quality and assessor confidence. PMID: 32449375 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research