Why plan ahead with a LPA?

Wendy Scarr B.A. (Hons) TEP
0113 320 5000
wills@winstonsolicitors.co.uk

With 700,000 people in the country suffering from dementia, including one in five of those aged over 80 and with the condition expected to affect one in three of all people over the age of 65, the Alzheimer’s Society predicts that the number of sufferers will reach one million by 2015.

The Society is among those calling on people to take legal protection to put their affairs in order before they become infirm or they lose the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves.

One such way is to get Lasting Powers of Attorney created and registered while you have the capacity to do so ensuring those you trust can take care of your needs should they ever be required to do so.

As the Society says, nobody wants to consider a future with dementia, but planning what will happen if a person loses mental capacity is incredibly important and it is why there are systems in place to cover that eventuality.