Making sure all your legal paperwork is in order is an important task. Whether you’ve never made legal documents such as a Will and/or a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) before, or whether you’ve previously made some that might need updating. Making an appointment to discuss a new Will or LPA, or to review existing ones, really couldn’t be easier.
Mental capacity is a very important legal concept, especially when it comes to making a decision about whether or not a power of attorney can be used to make a decision on someone else’s behalf. But what is mental capacity, how is it determined, and can you have mental capacity in some areas but not others?
Around 418,000 elderly people live in care homes in the UK, which represents about 4% of people over 65. There can be huge benefits to moving into a care home or nursing home, especially for elderly…
Though caring for elderly relatives is no doubt a privilege, it is often very stressful. If you’ve decided that a care home or nursing home is the best option for your loved one, your next task will be understanding…
As our population gets older, more and more people are finding themselves responsible for caring for elderly relatives. This is certainly not an easy role to play, especially when there are complex care needs involved.
This is a very common myth, which it is easy to believe when you look at how the UK’s elderly population is portrayed in the media. However, it is wholly untrue, which is good news for us all! At present, the UK has around 11.8 million people over 65. Of these, less than 4% are …
Myth-busters #12: Everyone ends up in a Care Home when they get old Read More »
This is not true. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are not the only reasons why someone might need to act as your Attorney in the future. There are many reasons why you might decide to put Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) in place. There are two types of LPAs: Health & Care – which lets you …
Myth-busters #1: Lasting Powers of Attorney are only for people with Dementia Read More »
All of us are getting older. Whilst this may not seem like the most cheery message to be starting a post with, it leads on to the fact that any one of us could live in a care home in future. With that in mind, it is important for everyone to be aware of the …
New guidance has been issued by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to help Deputies who are looking after the affairs of a loved one, in all aspects of making family care payments. That is, where the appointed Deputy or someone else connected to the person who is being looked after, is being paid …
Alarming new report reveals people in Yorkshire and the Humber leaving major decisions about housing, assets and care to chance 85% want loved ones to make decisions in the event of illness or accident – but only 7% have created a lasting power of attorney (LPA) to enable this People in Yorkshire and the Humber …
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