denislawsbackheel
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A word of advice to all Blues not yet threatened by this awful disease.
Get your power of attorney sorted now.
Before mum in law deteriorated beyond capacity but was still badly affected my wife and her sister tried to set up power of attorney. Mum in law refused, claiming she’d read about it in the Daily Mail and they were only trying to steal her money.
She then deteriorated beyond mental capacity so they couldn’t get power of attorney anyway.
When mum went into a care home the daughters were screwed. They could not make decisions on mum’s behalf or help sort out her finances. “Luckily” she died before her savings ran out for her care because we don’t know how we’d have coped not being able to use her property to fund her care if it had been needed.
As a result of our experiences we have set up power of attorney, both types, with our kids having power of attorney to kick in when and if it’s needed.
Remember, you can only grant power of attorney whilst you have mental capacity. Once it’s gone, it can’t be set up and the only alternative is called deputyship and cost £2500 a year, takes over a year to set up and has to go through the courts.
Get your power of attorney sorted now.
Before mum in law deteriorated beyond capacity but was still badly affected my wife and her sister tried to set up power of attorney. Mum in law refused, claiming she’d read about it in the Daily Mail and they were only trying to steal her money.
She then deteriorated beyond mental capacity so they couldn’t get power of attorney anyway.
When mum went into a care home the daughters were screwed. They could not make decisions on mum’s behalf or help sort out her finances. “Luckily” she died before her savings ran out for her care because we don’t know how we’d have coped not being able to use her property to fund her care if it had been needed.
As a result of our experiences we have set up power of attorney, both types, with our kids having power of attorney to kick in when and if it’s needed.
Remember, you can only grant power of attorney whilst you have mental capacity. Once it’s gone, it can’t be set up and the only alternative is called deputyship and cost £2500 a year, takes over a year to set up and has to go through the courts.