{"id":67259,"date":"2019-10-30T16:08:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/faq\/does-the-capa-kesb-take-action-in-every-case-of-death-or-only-if-there-is-an-advance-care-directive\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T06:29:03","slug":"does-the-capa-kesb-take-action-in-every-case-of-death-or-only-if-there-is-an-advance-care-directive","status":"publish","type":"da_faq","link":"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/en\/faq\/does-the-capa-kesb-take-action-in-every-case-of-death-or-only-if-there-is-an-advance-care-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the CAPA\/KESB take action in every case of death or only if there is an advance care directive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n<p>The Child and Adult Protection Authority (CAPA\/KESB) is an institution for the protection of persons who are incapable of acting. It acts on appeal or ex officio where a person is presumed to be incapable of judgment. If this person has issued an advance care directive, the CAPA examines it and makes the valid dispositions stipulated therein. <strong>If there is no advance care directive, the CAPA may still act in the interests and for the protection of the person.<\/strong> As a social welfare institution, the CAPA has no connection with a death unless the deceased person was already receiving assistance during their lifetime. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>More about this topic<\/strong><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/vorsorgeauftrag-statt-kesb-massnahmen\/\">Advance directive instead of KESB\/CAPA measures?<\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/was-darf-die-kesb-nicht\/\">What is the CAPA (not) allowed to do?<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/app.deinadieu.ch\/vorsorgeauftrag\">Create an advance care directive online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4998,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","da_faq_categories":[1408,1316],"class_list":["post-67259","da_faq","type-da_faq","status-publish","hentry","da_faq_categories-kesb","da_faq_categories-vorsorgeauftrag"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Is the CAPA\/KESB responsible for every incident of death? 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