A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a powerful document, where you can stipulate who is to act on your behalf if you are unable to do so yourself. There are two parts to the document, and you can make the decision today on whom your trusted individuals (attorneys) would be in event of you losing mental capacity or even due to ill-health or of an accident.
If you were unable to make your own decisions due to the above, what would you do about your…
Health & Welfare ?
- Decisions on whether you should be moved to a care-home
- Determining on medical care
- Making decisions on what you wear, what you eat, when you wash
- Decisions on Life-Sustaining treatment (surgery, medication, organ transplant)
Property & Financial Affairs ?
- Assistance with Bank Accounts & Investments
- Maintaining Bills
- Buying & Selling Property
This day and age without a registered LPA your family or loved ones would not be able to make the simplest decisions for you should you lose capacity. Instead, they would need to apply to the Court of Protection for a Deputyship which is a costly and time-consuming process. It may also then be too late for your loved ones to act by the time the application has been agreed by the Courts.
Anyone can apply via the Court of Protection, even someone that you did not want to get involved with any decision making regarding your financial affairs or your health & wellbeing.
Decide who would be responsible for your actions if you were unable to, by making a Lasting Power of Attorney today with our help.
