{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,15]],"date-time":"2025-10-15T00:29:44Z","timestamp":1760488184259,"version":"build-2065373602"},"reference-count":16,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]]},"DOI":"10.7759\/cureus.94536","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]],"date-time":"2025-10-14T09:36:40Z","timestamp":1760434600000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Improving the Completion of Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in Complex Medical Units at the John Radcliffe Hospital"],"prefix":"10.7759","author":[{"given":"Soundarya","family":"Soundararajan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alice","family":"Hindmarsh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/afv134","article-title":"Routine cognitive screening in older patients admitted to acute medicine: abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) and subjective memory complaint versus Montreal Cognitive Assessment and IQCODE","volume":"44","author":"Pendlebury ST","year":"2015","unstructured":"Pendlebury ST, Klaus SP, Mather M, de Brito M, Wharton RM. Routine cognitive screening in older patients admitted to acute medicine: abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) and subjective memory complaint versus Montreal Cognitive Assessment and IQCODE. Age Ageing. 2015, 44:1000-5. 10.1093\/ageing\/afv134","journal-title":"Age Ageing"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000509357","article-title":"Underestimation of cognitive impairment in older inpatients by the Abbreviated Mental Test Score versus the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: cross-sectional observational study","volume":"10","author":"Emery A","year":"2020","unstructured":"Emery A, Wells J, Klaus SP, Mather M, Pessoa A, Pendlebury ST. Underestimation of cognitive impairment in older inpatients by the Abbreviated Mental Test Score versus the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: cross-sectional observational study. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2020, 10:205-15. 10.1159\/000509357","journal-title":"Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)60688-1","article-title":"Delirium in elderly people","volume":"383","author":"Inouye SK","year":"2014","unstructured":"Inouye SK, Westendorp RG, Saczynski JS. Delirium in elderly people. Lancet. 2014, 383:911-22. 10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)60688-1","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.bp.108.055335","article-title":"Dementia in the acute hospital: prospective cohort study of prevalence and mortality","volume":"195","author":"Sampson EL","year":"2009","unstructured":"Sampson EL, Blanchard MR, Jones L, Tookman A, King M. Dementia in the acute hospital: prospective cohort study of prevalence and mortality. Br J Psychiatry. 2009, 195:61-6. 10.1192\/bjp.bp.108.055335","journal-title":"Br J Psychiatry"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/1.4.233","article-title":"Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly","volume":"1","author":"Hodkinson HM","year":"1972","unstructured":"Hodkinson HM. Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly. Age Ageing. 1972, 1:233-8. 10.1093\/ageing\/1.4.233","journal-title":"Age Ageing"},{"key":"ref6","unstructured":"Mental Capacity Act 2005. (2005). https.\/\/www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mental-Capacity-Act.pdf."},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.39457.485347.80","article-title":"Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act","volume":"336","author":"Nicholson TR","year":"2008","unstructured":"Nicholson TR, Cutter W, Hotopf M. Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act. BMJ. 2008, 336:322-5. 10.1136\/bmj.39457.485347.80","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref8","unstructured":"National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Decision-making and mental capacity. NICE guideline. NG108. (2018). https.\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ng108\/chapter\/Recommendations."},{"key":"ref9","unstructured":"Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) at a glance. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). (2022). https.\/\/www.scie.org.uk\/mca\/dols\/at-a-glance."},{"key":"ref10","unstructured":"Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, 2022-23. NHS England. (2023). https.\/\/digital.nhs.uk\/data-and-information\/publications\/statistical\/mental-capacity-act-2005-deprivation-of-liberty-...."},{"key":"ref11","unstructured":"Department of Health Guidance. Response to the Supreme Court Judgment\/ Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Department of Health. (2015). https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/5a7f33daed915d74e33f4f6c\/DH_Consolidated_Guidance.pdf."},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12877-020-1424-4","article-title":"Association of cognitive impairment and elderly mortality: differences between two cohorts ascertained 6-years apart in China","volume":"20","author":"Duan J","year":"2020","unstructured":"Duan J, Lv YB, Gao X, et al.. Association of cognitive impairment and elderly mortality: differences between two cohorts ascertained 6-years apart in China. BMC Geriatr. 2020, 20:29. 10.1186\/s12877-020-1424-4","journal-title":"BMC Geriatr"},{"key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/21514593211001047","article-title":"The Abbreviated Mental Test Score; is there a need for a contemporaneous update?","volume":"12","author":"Peters KA","year":"2021","unstructured":"Peters KA, Howe TJ, Rossiter D, Hutchinson KJ, Rosell PA. The Abbreviated Mental Test Score; is there a need for a contemporaneous update?. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2021, 12:21514593211001047. 10.1177\/21514593211001047","journal-title":"Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil"},{"key":"ref14","unstructured":"Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. (2022). Accessed. August 15, 2025: https:\/\/www.cqc.org.uk\/publications\/major-reports\/soc202021_03c_dols."},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/hsc.12310","article-title":"What do we know about the application of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) in healthcare practice regarding decision-making for frail and older people? A systematic literature review","volume":"25","author":"Hinsliff-Smith K","year":"2017","unstructured":"Hinsliff-Smith K, Feakes R, Whitworth G, Seymour J, Moghaddam N, Dening T, Cox K. What do we know about the application of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) in healthcare practice regarding decision-making for frail and older people? A systematic literature review. Health Soc Care Community. 2017, 25:295-308. 10.1111\/hsc.12310","journal-title":"Health Soc Care Community"},{"key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/hsc.13839","article-title":"'They don't want them to have capacity': multi-agency operationalisation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in England with adults who self-neglect","volume":"30","author":"Aspinwall-Roberts E","year":"2022","unstructured":"Aspinwall-Roberts E, Fleming V, Khatri R, Jones PA. 'They don't want them to have capacity': multi-agency operationalisation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in England with adults who self-neglect. Health Soc Care Community. 2022, 30:e4395-404. 10.1111\/hsc.13839","journal-title":"Health Soc Care Community"}],"container-title":["Cureus"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/413743-improving-the-completion-of-mental-capacity-act-mca-assessments-and-deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards-dols-in-complex-medical-units-at-the-john-radcliffe-hospital","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]],"date-time":"2025-10-14T09:36:42Z","timestamp":1760434602000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/413743-improving-the-completion-of-mental-capacity-act-mca-assessments-and-deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards-dols-in-complex-medical-units-at-the-john-radcliffe-hospital"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]]},"references-count":16,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7759\/cureus.94536","relation":{},"ISSN":["2168-8184"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2168-8184","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]]}}}