A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets an adult (the ‘donor’) appoint one or more people (known as ‘attorneys’) to help them make decisions or to make decisions on their behalf.
This gives the adult more control over what happens to them if, for example, they have an accident or an illness and can’t make decisions at the time they need to be made.
The adult must be 18 or over and have mental capacity when they make their LPA.
There are 2 types of LPA:
The adult can choose to make one type or both.