Is an LPA the best and only way to help my mum?
My mother is 92, lives alone and has recently been diagnosed. My sister and myself live close to her and are her primary carers. Our brother lives 200 miles away and visits every month, usually on a day-trip basis.
During his last visit, the four of us had a family meeting at my mum's house, to confirm that mum agreed to donating an LPA. She agreed, and would have been happy to sign the document at her leisure but my brother kept insisting; "Get her to sign now! She needs to sign, just get her to sign!"
I questioned the ethics of his behaviour but thought it better to leave at that point.
I wasn't surprised the next day to find that my mother had signed the document and that my brother had signed up as an atourney in both the Health and Finance sections.
In order to do my best for my mother's welfare shall i sign as well? Or should i stay out of it and challenge anything that would be detrimental to her welfare, from the outside?
My mother is 92, lives alone and has recently been diagnosed. My sister and myself live close to her and are her primary carers. Our brother lives 200 miles away and visits every month, usually on a day-trip basis.
During his last visit, the four of us had a family meeting at my mum's house, to confirm that mum agreed to donating an LPA. She agreed, and would have been happy to sign the document at her leisure but my brother kept insisting; "Get her to sign now! She needs to sign, just get her to sign!"
I questioned the ethics of his behaviour but thought it better to leave at that point.
I wasn't surprised the next day to find that my mother had signed the document and that my brother had signed up as an atourney in both the Health and Finance sections.
In order to do my best for my mother's welfare shall i sign as well? Or should i stay out of it and challenge anything that would be detrimental to her welfare, from the outside?