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I have sole enduring power of attorney in relation to my mother, who lives on her own, and suffers with dementia. She manages to get by living on her own with some help. She has a 15 minute care visit a day to prompt her to take medication, but she is increasingly less able to manage her own affairs. She likes to go to the shops every day although she has a somewhat haphazard approach to what she buys. The days of planning a daily menu, or even the concept of regular meals are no longer of concern to my mother. But she will buy milk and cat food and values that part of her daily routine that she still has.
As I am often out of the country, I have been struggling to find a way to ensure that mum has a SMALL amount of cash available every day. Her carers do not provide this service and as I have registered the EPA with mum's bank, they will not give her money: she no longer has a cash card, and her cards are now under my charge. I thought there might be a way for mum to obtain small amounts of cash from the local post office for example, but I have been advised that to do so would require mum to present a debit card at the post office counter. She was frequently losing her cards in any case, but the situation is complicated by the fact that a close member of the family had previously been helping themselves to my mother's money using mum's debit card, and unfortunately now my mother has forgotten that this took place, and requires protection from this individual. So any solution needs to take account of the need to limit the amount of money mum keeps in the house as this individual is able to gain access.
Does anyone have a similar experience of long distance attorneyship? Any ideas of how to get round the problem of making sure mum always has a little cash at her disposal greatly appreciated.
I have sole enduring power of attorney in relation to my mother, who lives on her own, and suffers with dementia. She manages to get by living on her own with some help. She has a 15 minute care visit a day to prompt her to take medication, but she is increasingly less able to manage her own affairs. She likes to go to the shops every day although she has a somewhat haphazard approach to what she buys. The days of planning a daily menu, or even the concept of regular meals are no longer of concern to my mother. But she will buy milk and cat food and values that part of her daily routine that she still has.
As I am often out of the country, I have been struggling to find a way to ensure that mum has a SMALL amount of cash available every day. Her carers do not provide this service and as I have registered the EPA with mum's bank, they will not give her money: she no longer has a cash card, and her cards are now under my charge. I thought there might be a way for mum to obtain small amounts of cash from the local post office for example, but I have been advised that to do so would require mum to present a debit card at the post office counter. She was frequently losing her cards in any case, but the situation is complicated by the fact that a close member of the family had previously been helping themselves to my mother's money using mum's debit card, and unfortunately now my mother has forgotten that this took place, and requires protection from this individual. So any solution needs to take account of the need to limit the amount of money mum keeps in the house as this individual is able to gain access.
Does anyone have a similar experience of long distance attorneyship? Any ideas of how to get round the problem of making sure mum always has a little cash at her disposal greatly appreciated.