Class 12

Question 1

What Quebec legislation protects Adults and Elders from exploitation?

Answer 1

TheQuebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedomsprovides that elderly people have the right to be protected against all forms of exploitation

Question 2

Adult advisors

Answer 2

Protective supervision is a legal protection for an adult who needs help and advice to exercise her rights or manage her property. An adviser’s role is limited to helping the person in very specific situations. The person getting help remains responsible for managing her property, but can get advice from her adviser.

Question 3

Curatorship

Answer 3

It is a form of “protective supervision”, which is a legal protection for adults who cannot exercise their rights or manage their property on their own. This state of being unable to make these decisions is calledincapacity. Curatorship is for adults who suffer from a total incapacity, for example, a person whose mental abilities have been seriously affected by illness or accident. With curatorship, the incapacity must also be permanent. A curator is the legal representative named by the court to represent a person who has become incapacitated, ensure his protection and manage his property.

Question 4

Protection Mandates

Answer 4

A protection mandate lets you choose who will make decisions for you if you are no longer able to take care of yourself or your property

Question 5

MOCA or MMSE?

Answer 5

MMSE doesn’t test executive function and judgment.

MOCA: more sensitive with people with higher education, and more sensitive than MMSE for mild cognitive impairment

Question 6

Clock test measures

Answer 6

spatial/ planning deficits

Question 7

periventricular and subcortical white matter hyperintensities

Answer 7

db, smoking, cardiovascular risk factors, stroke. More present in vascular dementia