Changes in Cognitive Ability

A person’s ability to use their thinking skills can change for a variety or reasons such as an illness (e.g., Meningitis or Septicaemia); a traumatic brain injury following an accident; the person may be developing a dementia, or as a consequence of longer-term substance and/or alcohol misuse.  These changes can affect a person’s ability to carry out their parenting role, drive, make decisions in the context of their work, make significant management or financial decisions in their work place, manage their personal finances and affairs, or make other decisions that require a person to have the mental capacity to make a specific decision.

FPP Ltd can discreetly undertake cognitive and psychological wellbeing assessments if a person, their family, or employer has concern about a person who is thought to be demonstrating changing cognitive ability by undertaking a clinical interview with the person, informant interviews with a concerned family member or employer , and the use of appropriate psychological measures.  The outcome of this type of assessment can be used to help the person to make choices that lessen any risk to themselves or others (e.g., decisions about driving), financial risk (making personal financial decisions), or their organisation or employer such as disinhibited behaviour of concern to their colleagues, risky management/financial decisions, or increasing difficulty fulfilling their professional role.