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Find out in this leaflet about making a lasting power of attorney (LPA), a legal document that allows someone you trust to make decisions for you if you are not able to.

LPAs aren鈥檛 just a way to plan for the future if you lose mental capacity through dementia. Other people create LPAs in case a severe accident, or illnesses such as a stroke, heart attack or cancer, leave them dependent on others to help with crucial decisions.

Parents with children also make an LPA to ensure their offspring are looked after in the way they want in case they can鈥檛 look after them themselves.

The Office of the Public Guardian鈥檚 online lasting power of attorney service is designed to make it easy for everybody to create an LPA.

The leaflet includes advice on:

• who might need an LPA
• how LPAs work
• who you can choose to make decisions for you
• what costs are involved
• what might happen if you don鈥檛 make an LPA

Find out more about what鈥檚 involved in being someone鈥檚 attorney on the acting as an attorney page on 188体育.

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You can email [email protected] to get a document in large print. Please include your address.