POA

[DoreenC]

Can anybody please tell me how to apply for power of attorney

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Doreen , I am afraid it will require a solicitor, you may need 2 one for finance and one for health and welfare.

[Patriciapmr]

Hi Doreen,

I'm in the process of doing it at the moment, you need to speak to a solicitor who will then want to speak to the person you are doing it for, i.e. in my case for my husband who has PSP. Most solicitors will do a home visit if it's difficult for you to get out, they need to make sure that the sick person fully understands the reason for the application and that they fully understand the process....

Hope that helps....Pat xx

[Yvonneandgeorge in reply to Patriciapmr]

Doreen I went to a careers meeting and age concern do it for free, you just have to make a donation, just waiting for them to get in touch x

[Kevin_1]

Hi Doreen

You can do it yourself online.

You can spread the work out saving as you go.

If you get stuck there is a telephone number to call. They generally answer very quickly and they are very helpful.

There are two different sorts which means two forms and two fees. But the fees are very much lower than a solicitor would charge.

Type one - Is for health and Welfare. Covers all of the health decisions and any life decision not involving money, finance and investments.

Type 2 Is for Financial Affairs.

You can also print the forms off and do them by hand, or get them to send yoiu paper.

Her's the link:

gov.uk/power-of-attorney/ma...

If you want to do this: You can have a do not resuscitate writen in the the helth one, but itrs best to get the G.P to give you a Do not Resuscitate form and then keep it handy.

Good luck

Best

Kevin

[Kevin_1 in reply to Kevin_1]

PS - Its not complicated... Just needs patience.

[DoreenC]

Thanks everyone. Going to give Kevin's online option a go first

Julie x

[Heady in reply to DoreenC]

Hi, I have done this for S and my mother. We just rang up the correct office, (sorry can't remember the name, but you can get it on-line) they sent the forms out. It's very easy, as long as you fill them in correctly and in the RIGHT order! Costs just over £100, to register each POA. Don't go to a solicitor, they charge about £1000 to do exactly the same! The office is extremely helpful and will talk you through any queries!

Lots of love

Heady

[NannaB in reply to DoreenC]

I've just done Colin's and the certificate will be with me two weeks after the 17th August????? Why that date, who knows. It isn't difficult. You can do it on line and save it so it doesn't have to be done all at once. There are several signatures required which must be signed in the correct order. Two weeks ago I had a letter telling me I'd signed one at the wrong time and Colin had a letter saying I'd made a mistake. I couldn't see what I'd done wrong. Neither could the person I had telephoned about it or the three people he had asked to check it. No one could do anything about it as they weren't the case worker who dealt with it but her supervisor couldn't see anything wrong either. I had an apologetic phone call the next day and a girl said she is sending it through with "No errors" written on it.

It cost £113. The solicitor quoted £500. I only did finance as all Colin's medical wishes are written down, signed and held at the hospice.

Have a go. It will give you a great sense of achievement when you've done it.

X

[Nanny857]

Doreen, we went to our solicitor and he completed the form for us. It covers health and finance. He told us it could be done online, but you need to be very careful on how you answer the questions. Lucky for us our solicitor is a friend and didn't charge us.

Good luck

Nanny857

[Amilazy]

Well said Kevin but though fairly simple the forms do have some odd questions which if answered wrongly can stop the POA. I would suggest print off the forms fill in what you can and take them to either Age Concern, CAB or local Advice Shop at council for checking before sending.

Totally agree with getting both forms of POA as finance is essential from fairly early stage the Health and Welfare POA is essential in later stages especially if your loved one goes into a home.

Best wishes Tim

[Hidden in reply to Amilazy]

Hi Tim

This is Kevin - I'm typing for Liz and being Lazy - I don't know my log on here.

I agree with getting them checked, but my experience is that the places you mention don't always have a person on hand who is up to it, is familiar enough, or who has the time to be thorough. I would trust a careful relative who takes their time more. (That's just my experience of those places around here).

We found the advice notes which came with the form very helpful and they flagged up the questions which if not answered correctly, would lead the application to be rejected.

We put in a statement of wishes which turned out to be illegal because it rested on another law and put the two into conflict. They sent the form back explaining this with a suggestion for corrected wording. No extra charge. So there is a little wobble room.

Cheers

Kevin

[Amilazy in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Kevin,

I was volunteering as an adviser at local CAB when we did ours about 4 yr ago, Public Guardian website not that good then but as you say their notes were fairly good. Just returned to CAB after 3 yr break looking after M, much same but lot of changes. Glad you had good experience from Public Guardian,

I think we both agree both POAs are essential and getting them early while patients are able to sign and make wishes known. Learned hard way when M was refused access to her savings because could not sign in correct space.

Best wishes to you both Tim

[Kevin_1 in reply to Amilazy]

Hi Tim

Thanks for not biting on my comment about CAB and respect for doing that.

CAB is a major lifeline for many... Here they cannot keep up with the demand... a lot of benefits and housing issues. I'm sure you've seen it ll.

My concern would be a hurried person needing time to look carefully through.

Salutes to you!

Kevin

[Robbo1]

We filled in the old forms before the law changed, and had them signed, but did not put them into place as there was no need at the time. Does anyone know how I go about putting them into place?

[Kevin_1]

Hi

Just telephone and ask... I've got one of those too... would you let me know?

Office of the Public Guardian

[e-mail]

Telephone: [phone]

Textphone: 0115 934 2778

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am to 5pm

Wednesday, 10am to 5pm

Sorry that's cheeky of me.

Good luck

Kevin