I’m Teri Dell
Lasting Power of Attorney Specialist at Premier Care Services Ltd
Helping Protect Your Future and the Ones you Love the Most.
Expert Power of Attorney advice
If you want to ensure that you affairs are managed in the event that you lose mental capacity and you do not already have an EPA (enduring power of attorney), a lasting power of attorney should be used.
LPA Explained
A lasting power of attorney known as a LPA is a legal document that lets you appoint one or more people to make decisions on your behalf.
This gives you more control over what happens to you if you have an accident or an illness and cannot make your own decisions.
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You MUST have mental capacity, the ability to make your own decisions when you make your LPA.
There are two types of LPA’s
Health and Welfare
Property and Financial Affairs
You can choose to make one type or both
Two Types of LPA explained…
Health and Welfare
This LPA is used to give an attorney the power to make decisions about things like:
- your daily routine, for example washing, dressing, eating
- medical care
- moving into a care home
- life sustaining treatment
It can be used when you are unable to make your own decisions.
Property and Financial Affairs
This LPA is used to give an attorney the power to make decisions about money and property for you, for example:
- managing a bank or building society account
- paying bills
- collecting benefits or a pension
- selling your home
It can be used as soon as it is registered, with your permission.