Two types of LPA
- Property and Financial Affairs: managing bank accounts, paying bills, and dealing with your home and investments
- Health and Welfare: decisions about medical treatment, care and daily life, used only if you cannot decide for yourself
What happens without one
If you lose the ability to manage your affairs and have no LPA, your family may need to apply to the Court of Protection to be appointed as your deputy. This can take many months, costs more, and the court decides who acts for you. In the meantime, accounts may be frozen.
How we help
We help you choose your attorneys, set out any preferences or instructions, prepare the documents correctly and handle registration with the Office of the Public Guardian.