My father has been in a care home since October 2019, following a severe fall that has rendered him immobile. He was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2018 (though had notable memory difficulties for a couple of years before). I have an LPA in place for both finances and health.
His short-term memory is largely non-existent now, however he calls me on a near daily basis (as care home closed to visitors) to ask what he should do with his house, which he owns outright, as he's understandably worried about it sitting empty. Due to C-19, I'm not able to facilitate a house sale at the moment, the house is full of stuff and it needs a bit of cosmetic work.
Long story short, my Dad keeps threatening to call estate agents / we buy any house himself to ask them to sell it. My head tells me the fact he is in a care home, and within 5 minutes any reasonable person would work out he's not got complete capacity, means he's unlikely to get very far with a sale. If an unscrupulous estate agent was so minded, however, could my Dad legally sell his own house without me? He doesn't have keys or remember his own bank account!
His short-term memory is largely non-existent now, however he calls me on a near daily basis (as care home closed to visitors) to ask what he should do with his house, which he owns outright, as he's understandably worried about it sitting empty. Due to C-19, I'm not able to facilitate a house sale at the moment, the house is full of stuff and it needs a bit of cosmetic work.
Long story short, my Dad keeps threatening to call estate agents / we buy any house himself to ask them to sell it. My head tells me the fact he is in a care home, and within 5 minutes any reasonable person would work out he's not got complete capacity, means he's unlikely to get very far with a sale. If an unscrupulous estate agent was so minded, however, could my Dad legally sell his own house without me? He doesn't have keys or remember his own bank account!