7/8/2023 0 Comments The witness guideYour LPA packĮither you’ve been sent all the documents you need to make and register your LPA or you can find them on the same GOV.UK page as this guidance. You can apply to the Court of Protection, who will appoint you or someone else to help them. If they can no longer make these choices independently, you can’t make an LPA for them. If you’re helping a friend or relative with an LPA by filling in the form for them, that person must make all the choices when making the LPA. It’s best to apply to register your LPA as soon as you’ve filled in the first part of the form. It costs £82 to register your LPA so that it’s ready to use. Registering your LPAīefore you can use your LPA, you must register it with the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). People you might want to include in your LPA Replacement attorneys: You can’t witness your attorneys’ signatures and they can’t witness yours. Certificate provider:Īn impartial person must witness you and your attorneys signing your LPA. People you must have to make an LPA Donor: Discuss this with them before you name them in your LPA form.īefore the official form starts, there’s a page to make a note of everyone involved in the LPA – you don’t have to fill it in, but you might find it useful. You (the donor) need to choose people for your LPA. It’s a way of planning for your care in case you can’t make decisions for yourself in future. You don’t have to have complex health or care problems to make an LPA. Read more about life-sustaining treatment in part A5 of this guide. You can choose whether your attorneys or your doctors should make decisions about accepting or refusing medical treatment to keep you alive, if you can’t make or understand that decision yourself. One very important decision has its own section in a health and care LPA. Your attorneys can only make decisions when you don’t have mental capacity. Moving into residential care and finding a good care homeĭay-to-day matters such as your diet, dress or daily routine Staying in your own home and getting help and support from social services Giving or refusing consent to health care Health and care decisions might be about: You can appoint different attorneys for your personal finances and your business affairs. For example, if it’s hard to manage your bank account or bills alone, you may want someone to help. You don’t have to own your own home or have a lot of money to make an LPA for financial decisions. You choose whether your attorneys can act for you as soon as the LPA is registered or only if you can no longer understand and make decisions (see part A5 of this guide). Paying your household, care and other bills Opening, closing and using your bank and building society accountsĬlaiming, receiving and using your benefits, pensions and allowances There are two kinds of LPA, covering two kinds of decisions:Įach LPA has its own form. You’ll have to choose what sort of decision you’ll need help with. It’s up to you to decide whether you want legal advice to fill in these sections. Lawyer symbol indicating sections in the LPA form where you might want legal advice.
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