Amersham Together July August 2023

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COMMUNITY NEWS
Living with
Dementia
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Dementia devastates lives. Alzheimer’s
Society research shows that 900,000
people in the UK have a form of
dementia. By 2025, 1 million people will
be living with the condition in the UK,
and many millions more carers, partners,
families and friends are affected.
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Lasting power of attorney…
A person with dementia will eventually lose
the ability (or mental capacity) to make some
decisions for themselves.
While the person has mental capacity to do
so, they can choose someone who they want
(known as an ‘attorney’) to make decisions
on their behalf when the time comes. This
should be someone they trust.
The person with dementia can give this
power using a document called a Lasting
power of attorney (LPA). There are two
types:
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• an LPA for BATHING decisions about BEACHBALL health and
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they receive FISHING and where they SHRIMPING should live.
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• an LPA for decisions about property and
financial affairs – this covers their bank
accounts, bills, tax, pensions and deciding
what happens to their home.
It’s a good idea for the person to make
both types of LPA. Different attorneys can
be appointed to make different kinds of
decisions and there can be more than
one attorney. This may be helpful if one
is a partner of similar age or has health
problems of their own.
Making an LPA involves filling out forms
that then must be registered with the Office
of the Public Guardian (OPG) to be used.
Alzheimer’s Society offers a service to help
people create and register LPAs using the
OPG’s online tool. To find out more, the
person with dementia can call Alzheimer’s
Society on 0333 150 3456. This service does
not offer legal advice.
Pranic healing can help sufferers of dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease
call: 07786 735 711 or e: therese@communitytogether.co.uk
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