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Information about authorising someone else to make decisions about your property and financial affairs or your health and personal welfare on your behalf. Includes lasting and enduring powers of attorney.
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Managing affairs for someone else
www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/family_parent/family/ma...
Information on managing someone's affairs including ordinary, lasting and enduring power of attorney, and mental capacity.
Adviceguide from Citizens Advice www.adviceguide.org.uk/
Become a deputy
https://www.gov.uk/become-deputy/overview
A deputy is someone appointed to make decisions for someone who is unable to do so on their own. The Mental Capacity Act is used to work out if someone can make their own decisions and how they can be helped. A deputy is usually a close friend or relative of the person who needs help making decisions, or can also be a professional, like an accountant or a solicitor.
GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/
Lasting power of attorney
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview
A Lasting Power of Attorney lets you appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf. It’s normally used when someone is unable to make their own decisions.
GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/
Arranging for someone to make decisions about your finances or welfare (PDF)
www.ageuk.org.uk/documents/en-gb/factsheets/fs22_arr...
Covers legal arrangements for others to make decisions about your finances, and healthcare and personal welfare when you no longer have capacity to do so. Aimed at people aged 60 and over.
Age UK www.ageuk.org.uk/
About dementia - financial and legal affairs
www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.ph...
Tips about organising your financial and legal affairs so that, if neccessary, they can be looked after by another person in the future. Includes details of power of attorney and appointeeship.
Alzheimer's Society www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/index.php
How to keep money under control
www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/8077_how_to_keep_m...
Information for people with mental health problems on how, if necessary, you can give others control over your money if you become particularly ill.
Mind www.mind.org.uk
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