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GERİATRİK POPÜLASYONDA HUKUKİ EHLİYETİN DE/ERLENDİRMESİ: RETROSPEKTİF ÇALIŞMA

ASSESSMENT OF LEGAL CAPACITY IN THE GERIATRIC POPULATION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

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350–355
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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Ofthe total elderly cases, 81% (n=29) suffered from dementia, which in turn was due toAlzheimer's disease in 83% of the dementia cases.Conclusion: Our findings revealed that the most common medical condition requiring legalguardianship was dementia, of which the leading cause was Alzheimer's disease.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Today the number of applications for legal guardianship has increased amonggeriatrics.
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Key Findings & Data:In Turkey, the assessment of legal guardianship is made within the framework of the405th and 408th articles of the Turkish Civil Code.
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Conclusion & Impact:Ofthe total elderly cases, 81% (n=29) suffered from dementia, which in turn was due toAlzheimer's disease in 83% of the dementia cases.Conclusion: Our findings revealed that the most common medical condition requiring legalguardianship was dementia, of which the leading cause was Alzheimer's disease.
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Introduction: Today the number of applications for legal guardianship has increased amonggeriatrics. In Turkey, the assessment of legal guardianship is made within the framework of the405th and 408th articles of the Turkish Civil Code. To the best of our knowledge, there are nopublished articles dealing with reports of legal guardianship for geriatric citizens. Therefore weaimed to evaluate legal guardianship reports in light of the related literature.Materials and Method: The records of the Department of Forensic Medicine of HacettepeUniversity Medical Faculty were used in this study. Patients' files and legal guardianship reportsissued between the years 2011 and 2013 were investigated retrospectively. Geriatric cases (agedover 65) that had been referred for a legal capacity evaluation were included in the study. Allcases were analyzed in terms of age, sex, occupation, existing psychiatric disorder or illnesses,the reason for legal guardianship, Mini Mental State Examination Test score and presence ofdementia.Results: Of a total of 1306 cases, 36 (2.7%) were elderly patients referred for a legalguardianship examination. The ages of these cases ranged between 65 and 90. Sixty-one percent of the cases were evaluated in terms of TCC article 405 and 14% in terms of article 408. Ofthe total elderly cases, 81% (n=29) suffered from dementia, which in turn was due toAlzheimer's disease in 83% of the dementia cases.Conclusion: Our findings revealed that the most common medical condition requiring legalguardianship was dementia, of which the leading cause was Alzheimer's disease.

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Giriş: Günümüzde geriatrik popülasyonda vasi tayini için yapılan başvurular artmıştır. Ülkemizde vasi tayini değerlendirmeleri Türk Medeni Kanunu 405 ve 408. maddeleri çerçevesinde yapılmaktadır. Yapılan literatür taramasında geriatrik yaş grubunda vasi tayini raporlarını irdeleyenbir çalışmaya rastlanılmamıştır. Bu nedenle vasi tayini raporlarını literatür verileri ışığında değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı'nın kayıtlarıkullanılmıştır. 2011-2013 yılları arasındaki hasta dosyaları ve verilen vasi tayini raporları retrospektif olarak incelenmiştir. Bütün olgular gönderilen 65 yaş üstü olgular hakkında düzenlenmiş raporlar yaş, cinsiyet, yaşadığı kişiler, meslek, mevcut hastalıkları, psikiyatrik bozukluğu olup olmadığı,vasi tayini gerekçesi, Mini Mental Durum Değerlendirme Testi puanı ve demans varlığı açısındandeğerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: İncelenen 1306 olgudan 36 (%2.7) olgunun vasi tayini için gönderilen yaşlı olgular olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu olguların yaşları 65-90 aralığındadır. Olguların %61'inin TMK'nun405. maddesi kapsamında, %14 olgunun da 408. Madde kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. Olguların %81'inde (n=29) demans varlığı tespit edilmiştir. Demansın da %83 Alzheimer'dan kaynaklandığı belirlenmiştir.Sonuç: Elde edilen bulgular vasi tayinini gerektiren tıbbi durumun en sıklıkla demans olduğunu, bunun da en fazla oranda Alzheimer hastalığından kaynaklandığını ortaya koymuştur.

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CAVLAK, M., BALSEVEN, A. O., AKÇAN, R., LALE, A., HEYBET, E. R., TÜMER, A. R., YILDIRIM, M. Ş. (2022). GERİATRİK POPÜLASYONDA HUKUKİ EHLİYETİN DE/ERLENDİRMESİ: RETROSPEKTİF ÇALIŞMA. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 17 - Sayı: 4, 350–355. https://ajindex.com/articles/623885

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