Helen Gia Levin, BA(Psychology), BSW, MSW, RSW, Member of Ontario Association of Professional Social Workers, Regional Geriatric Program Central Service, Toronto, ON.
Zoë Anne Levitt, BSW, MSW, RSW, Social Worker, Regional Geriatric Program Central Service, Toronto, ON.

Performing the assessment for capacity to make admission decisions to long-term care can either be simple or fraught with problems. A discussion of two clinical case examples will illustrate how this process, which appears to be straightforward, can become quite complex. The authors assume that the readers have a working knowledge of the process for assessing elders' capacity to make admission decisions to long-term care.
Key words: admission decisions, long-term care, capacity assessment, Consent and Capacity Board.