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Health and welfare attorneys

As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make) decisions about things like:

  • daily routine, for example washing, dressing and eating
  • medical care
  • where the donor lives

You can only make decisions when the donor does not have mental capacity to make them.

You must tell people involved in the donor바카라 사이트™s care when you start making decisions. This includes the donor바카라 사이트™s:

  • friends and family
  • doctor and other healthcare staff
  • care workers, social worker and other social care staff

You may need to use your lasting power of attorney (LPA) to prove to staff that you can act for the donor.

Using the donor바카라 사이트™s money

You might need to spend the donor바카라 사이트™s money on things that maintain or improve their quality of life. This can include:

  • new clothes or hairdressing
  • decorating their home or room in a care home
  • paying for extra support so the donor can go out more, for example to visit friends or relatives or to go on holiday

You must ask for money from the person in charge of the donor바카라 사이트™s funds.

Refusing or consenting to treatment

Check the LPA for instructions about refusing or consenting to treatment.

You바카라 사이트™ll need to:

  • show the LPA to care staff
  • sign medical consent forms
  • make decisions in the donor바카라 사이트™s best interests

You cannot always make decisions about the donor바카라 사이트™s medical treatment, for example if the donor바카라 사이트™s made a living will or has been sectioned.

Living wills (바카라 사이트˜advance decisions바카라 사이트™)

This is a legal statement from the donor about which medical treatments they do not want. You바카라 사이트™ll need to give this to care staff along with the LPA.

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Apply for a one-off decision

You may need to apply for a one-off decision from the Court of Protection to make a decision about a medical treatment if:

  • the living will and LPA give different instructions
  • the medical staff or the donor바카라 사이트™s friends and family disagree about whether the treatment should be given
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