Hello, I would like to reassure you that just having a diagnosis of Dementia does not mean an LPA cannot be successfully applied for, it is all about the person being able to understand the powers they are granting to their chosen Attorneys at the time they sign the forms.
Hope this helps
To repeat " it is all about the person being able to understand the powers they are granting to their chosen Attorneys at the time they sign the forms."
Whether they understand the next day is not important, its only on the day(time of signing) that matters.
Timing can be all! Chose a good day and time.
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Oh yes indeed. The lovely AgeUK rep. filled out the Long-lasting Prs of Attorney forms for both my parents. My father is a most reasonable person, despite dementia, and evinced capacity to make decisions, although he couldn't have told you the date. Now I have to fill out the on line-form for Finance. It is so obvious that joint and severally is the only way to go!; Thanks for all your explication. In the midst of the Welfare process, I suddenly remembered a dear family friend who has driven my parents to church for the past 4 years, and they have known him longer than that,- (when his mother was still alive, and he had been driving Her to church!). He is as good as gold, honest as the day, and ever conscientious. He agreed, when phoned, AgeUk rep poised, mid pen stroke, to be my 'agent on the ground' if I was in America while a disaster struck them. So he is a joint and several attorney too, a fact which disturbs my overseas relatives.