Thank you all for earlier advice.
My parents have asked my sister and I to be their POA's, My Dad has Alzheimer's.
When papers arrived for signing my sister and I were surprised to see that Mum and dad have each other as POA's too. we all can act jointly and severally.
They are wanting to help them with bills etc and both have capacity, dad just forgets alot in his early stages.
As we begin to help them we are worried if we step in to do something dad may agree , then forget and then undo anything if he gets worried about it afterwards. Quite often he is calling services etc to check things that he has done already.
I have asked the solicitor her opinion and she states it keeps some independence for folk after laws changed, that my dad can still access his affairs in any case and we should sit down as a family to discuss it all. we are about to do that,but my sister thinks we should ask them to remove themselves or at least dad but I feel uncomfortable doing that.
Has anyone else heard of such arrangements being made? Thanks for any help, much appreciated, Annie
My parents have asked my sister and I to be their POA's, My Dad has Alzheimer's.
When papers arrived for signing my sister and I were surprised to see that Mum and dad have each other as POA's too. we all can act jointly and severally.
They are wanting to help them with bills etc and both have capacity, dad just forgets alot in his early stages.
As we begin to help them we are worried if we step in to do something dad may agree , then forget and then undo anything if he gets worried about it afterwards. Quite often he is calling services etc to check things that he has done already.
I have asked the solicitor her opinion and she states it keeps some independence for folk after laws changed, that my dad can still access his affairs in any case and we should sit down as a family to discuss it all. we are about to do that,but my sister thinks we should ask them to remove themselves or at least dad but I feel uncomfortable doing that.
Has anyone else heard of such arrangements being made? Thanks for any help, much appreciated, Annie