What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?
A Lasting Power of Attorney (called Power of Attorney in Scotland) is a legal document that enables you to nominate a person or people to support you make decisions or to make decisions in your best interests if you lose capacity to make decisions for yourself. There are two different types of Lasting Power of Attorney, one for Health and Welfare and one for Property and Finance.
To make a Lasting Power of Attorney you must be over the age of 18 and have appropriate mental capacity. To be valid a Lasting Power of Attorney must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian.
How to make a LPA / POA...
To make a Lasting Power of Attorney you must be over the age of 18 and have appropriate mental capacity to do so. To be valid, a Lasting Power of Attorney must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian.
Clare Fuller Will be speaking about the importance of LPAs and POAs at the upcoming Advance Care Planning Conference
To learn more about LPAs visit the Gov.UK website, in Scotland visit the Scottish.Gov website and in Northern Ireland visit the Northern Ireland .Gov website.
You might also want to learn more by listening to the Speak for me LPA podcasts and attend this year’s conference (in person or virtually) by clicking on the button below
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