๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง?
An Enduring Power of Attorney document (EPA) appoints someone to do just this.
Without an EPA, whoever might have thought they would be in this position, may face great difficulty dealing with doctors and hospitals, banks, etc., and may even need to go to a Guardianship Tribunal to be appointed as your guardian โ which just adds further stress at an already stressful time.
An EPA can also provide specific directions to an attorney, to reflect your wishes about your financial, personal and medical care needs โ for example, not to sell your house, to allow gifts or benefits to your spouse or children, that you donโt wish to go into a care facility, or what types of treatment you do/donโt want to receive (which can also be documented through an Advance Care Plan or Health Direction).
