Hi,
How have people planned to look after their mentally disabled siblings after their parents pass away? Did they organise a power of attorney? How does the sibling consent given their disability? Mum is poorly but still sound of mind and able, can she consent PoA on my sister's behalf?
Is there a PoA template I can download for this?
Thank you
my son lacks mental capacity so I had to get a deputyship for finances and health I did this on the gov.uk website.
I would also be interested in looking at deputyship. Is there a link you could send for this? Is it free of charge, and straight forward to complete.
You need to go on the www gov.uk website put in deputyship and information should come up you would need to do the finance one and the health and well-being one. If you go through a solicitor it would cost you an arm and leg honestly. Your best bet is doing it yourself but it’s not easy but it’s doable. If they have mental capacity then it’s a lasting power of attorney. I paid for them with my sons money as it’s for him
Thank you. I'll check out the .gov site. @jules572 I also found this site useful to guide me on whether I can legitimately say my sister ahs the mental capacity to decide to allocate the PoA to me.
Thank you!
you can get a POA for health and separately for finances from the GOV.UK website if your sister has capacity to agree to it. You would need someone independent who knows her to agree that she understands the power that she’s handing over. We did it this way for our daughter and it’s free of charge if your sister gets a qualifying benefit. If she doesn’t have capacity you will need a deputy ship as Jofisher says. Best to get this in place asap.
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My son (aged 20) lacks mental capacity to make some decisions, but the law of the land says that mental capacity is assessed for each decision individually. We reckon he’s able to give Lasting Power of Attorney to his sister. He’s amply clear that he trusts her to make decisions on his behalf much more than a randomly-appointed employee from the local authority. So LPA is now on our long list of things to do.
We don’t intend for his sister to be doing hands-on care. She doesn’t have the time. But she is astute and can check up on care arrangements to make sure that her brother is happy and living a healthy lifestyle. We want to have a paid person to visit him regularly, as well, to monitor arrangements, and we envisage that the money for that will come from a trust fund that Mencap holds on his behalf. We’re now looking for appropriate settings where he can live with support which is enabling and not suffocating.
Deputyship along with Social Services
Sister in law. 32 year old with a 16 year olds mind looking for a social life!!
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Supported living
My mother passed but asked in the Will for me to setup a Trust Fund for my learning disabled sister.
