If you’re aged 18 or older and have the mental ability to make financial, property and medical decisions for yourself, you can arrange for someone else to make these decisions for you in the future. This legal authority is called “Lasting Power of Attorney” (LPA).

You can choose what types of decisions you are happy for other nominated people to make for you.

Lasting power of attorney (LPA) includes:

• health and welfare LPA
• property and financial affairs LPA

Find out more about Lasting Powers of Attorney:

• Giving someone power of attorney – Social care and support guide – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Make, register or end a lasting power of attorney: Make a lasting power of attorney – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Office of the Public Guardian guidance on Make and register your lasting power of attorney