Resources
- Decision-Making Capacity Assessment Tools and Resources
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Primary Resources:
Alberta Health Services - Adult Guardian and Trustee Act Resources
Covenant Health - Capacity Assessment Resources
Continuing Care Desktop - Capacity Assessment Resources
Decision-Making Capacity Assessment (DMCA) Best Practice Tools
- DMCA System Perspective - Implementation of Best Practices across the System
- Decision-Making Capacity Assessment Care Map - Best Practice Pathway for Service Providers
- DMCA Process Documentation Sheet
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Capacity Assessment Worksheets
- Capacity Assessment Process Worksheet (Covenant Health)
- Capacity Assessment Process Worksheet Guidelines (Alberta Health Services)
- Capacity Assessment Process Worksheet (Bethany Care Society)
- Capacity Interview Worksheet (Covenant Health)
- Capacity Interview Worksheet (Alberta Health Services)
- Capacity Interview Worksheet (Bethany Care Society)
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Client information/Capacity assessment overview
- Capacity Assessment Brochure
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Clinical Pathways (examples)
- Acute care
- Home living
- Long term care
- Facility living
- Primary care
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Single point of contact referral form
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Resource Utilization Capture
- Workload measurement tool
- System components
- Systems components of decision making capacity assessments
- Policies and procedure (Covenant Health example)
- Education and training
- Roles and training of healthcare professionals involved in the decision-making capacity assessments
- DETSI - DMCA Education, Training and Support Inventory
- Resources
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- Consultative Services
- Edmonton:
- Alberta Health Services: Continuing Care Mentoring Team (contact CCPCS)
- Home Living
- Covenant Health Capacity Assessment Support Service Referral Form
- Good Samaritan Society Seniors' Clinic or CHOICE Program
- Calgary:
- Regional Capacity and Assessment Team Referral Form
- Community Geriatric Mental Health Service
- Legislation
- Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
- Alberta-specific Legislation:
- Personal Directives Act
- Powers of Attorney Act
- Additional Resources
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- Understanding Personal Directives
- Guide to Capacity Assessment under the Personal Directives Act
- Personal Directives - Choosing Now for the Future
- Personal Directive Registry Brochure
- Capacity Assessment Process PPT
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- Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act Materials
- Understanding Guardianship
- Understanding Co-Decision Making
- Co-Decision Making Under AGTA
- Specific Decision Making Under AGTA
- Supported Decision Making Under AGTA
- Guardianship Under AGTA
- Decision Making Options Under AGTA
- Capacity Assessment Brochure Under AGTA
- Protective Measures Investigations Under AGTA
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- Alternatives for Financial Management Materials
- Understanding Enduring Powers of Attorney
- Informal Trusteeship
- Forms and Schedules
- Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
- Personal Directive Schedules
- Schedule 1: Personal Directive (Instruction sheet for Personal Directive)
- Schedule 2 - Declaration of Incapacity-agent with physician consultation
- Schedule 3 - Declaration of Incapacity-service provider
- Schedule 4 - Regained Capacity-agent initiated
- Schedule 5 - Regained Capacity-service provider initiated
- Schedule 6 - Regained Capacity-agent and service provider disagree
- Schedule 7 - Complaint to the Public Guardian Respecting an Agent named in a Personal Directive
- Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Forms
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- Supported Decision-Making
- Supported Decision-Making Authorization
- Termination of Supported Decision-Making Authorization
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- Guardianship or Trusteeship or Both
- Capacity Assessment Report - Guardianship or Trusteeship or Both
- Application for a Guardian, Trustee or Both
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- Specific Decision-Making
- Specific Decision-Making (Schedule)
- Instructions for Health Care Providers
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- Temporary Admission to Residential Facility
- Capacity Assessment Report for Health Care or Temporary Admission to a Residential Facility
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- Filing a Complaint
- Complaint Respecting a Co-Decision-Maker, Guardian or Trustee
- NIRN-Informed Implementation Framework
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National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) Active Implementation Resources
- Active Implementation Hub (National Implementation Research Network AI Hub) - self-learning modules
- Active Implementation Frameworks
Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature -
Practical Implementation Guide:
- Informing Implementation - A practical guide to implementing new practice as informed by the experiences of the SCI KMN
- Tools booklet
Handout -
Quick Planning Tool Links:
- The Hexagon Tool - Exploring Context
- ImpleMap: Exploring the Implementation Landscape
- Stages of Implementation Analysis: Where Are We?
- Implementation Drivers: Assessing Best Practices
NIRN Quick Reference Guide
Active Implementation Quick Reference Guide (contains active links to the ai hub; contents are as follows):
Topic
Content Links
Overview of SISEP
▪ Getting Started
▪ Who we are
▪ What we do
▪ Impact
Active Implementation:
Getting Started
▪ Implementation Science Quick Start
▪ Independent Learning Plan
▪ Active Implementation Hub Tour
An Overview of Active
Implementation
Frameworks
▪ Module 1: An Overview of Active Implementation
Frameworks
▫ The Rationale for Active Implementation
▫ Framework 1: Usable Interventions
▫ Framework 2: Implementation Stages
▫ Framework 3: Implementation Drivers
▫ Framework 4: Implementation Teams
▫ Framework 5: Improvement Cycles
▫ Module 1 Summary
▫ Capstone Quiz
▪ Activities
▪ Handouts
▪ Video Vignettes
Implementation Drivers
▪ Module 2: Implementation Drivers
▫ Introduction
▫ Competency Drivers
▫ Organization Drivers
▫ Leadership Drivers
▫ Integrated and Compensatory
▫ Conclusion
▫ Module 2 Summary
▫ Capstone Quiz
▪ Activities
▪ Evaluation and Planning Tools
▪ Handouts
▪ Video Vignettes
▪ Lesson 4: Creating a Training Plan
▪ Lesson 5: Coaching Service Delivery Worksheet
Implementation Teams
▪ Module 3: Implementation Teams
▫ Introduction
▫ Definitions
▫ Research and Rationales
▫ Key Functions
▫ Establishing Implementation Teams
▫ Terms of Reference
▫ Module 3 Summary
▫ Capstone Quiz
▪ Activities
▪ Evaluation and Planning Tools
▪ Handouts
▪ Video Vignettes
Implementation Stages
▪ Module 4: Implementation Stages
▫ Introduction
▫ Implementation Stages Overview
▫ Rationale
▫ Exploration
▫ Installation Stage
▫ Initial Implementation Stage
▫ Full Implementation Stage
▫ Stages of Implementation Analysis Planning Tool
▫ Conclusion
▫ Module 4 Summary
▫ Capstone Quiz
▪ Activities
▪ Lesson 7: Stages of Implementation Analysis: Where are We
Now?
▪ Evaluation and Planning Tools
▪ Handouts
▪ Video Vignettes
Improvement Cycles
▪ Module 5: Improvement Cycles
▫ Introduction
▫ Rapid Cycle Problem Solving
▫ Usability Testing
▫ Practice Policy Feedback Loops
▫ Transformation Zones
▫ Module 5 Summary
▫ Capstone Quiz
▫ Resources and References
▪ Activities
▪ Handouts
Usable Interventions
▪ Module 6: Usable Interventions
▫ Introduction
▫ Defining Usable Interventions
▫ Establishing Usable Interventions
▫ Usable Interventions and Implementation Drivers
▫ Module 6 Summary
▫ Capstone Quiz
▫ Resources and References
▪ Activities
▪ Evaluation and Planning Tools
▪ Handouts
▪ Lesson 1: The Hexagon Tool
▪ Lesson 2: Usable Interventions
▪ Lesson 3: Practice Profiles
Performance (Fidelity) Assessment
Implementation Capacity Evaluation and Assessments
▪ SISEP Assessment Web App (SISEP.org)
▪ Short Courses (coming soon):
▫ District Capacity Assessment (DCA)
▫ Observation Tool for Instructional Supports and Systems
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