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Dementia and delirium
A practice question in the style of the PLAB 1 exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
An 82-year-old has a decision to make about moving to a care home. She understands, retains and weighs the information, but the family call her choice unwise. What is the legal position?
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The answer is B: She has capacity, and an unwise decision is her right.
Under the Mental Capacity Act, an unwise decision does not show a lack of capacity.
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