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Dementia/Enduring power of attourney

  • 28-10-2014 5:53pm
    #1
    miss choc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭


    Hopefully someone can help me here I want to set up an EPOA for my mother who has Dementia she lives with us in Dublin and has her own solicitor back home so noone set up here as of yet. I rang a random local solicitor and they said that she needs to go to a doctor first to agree that an EPOA is being done and she understands mentally what will happen. I booked an appt with the doctor for Thursday for Mam's general checkup and just mentioned to the receptionist that I want to get an EPOA done for Mam and could the doctor sort this out. She said she didnt know what document a doctor uses (I thought a dr just writes a letter out stamps it and gives it to me to give to solr) but receptionist said I need to get something in solr. Solr is saying I need to go to dr first confused who do I go to first and if its a dr what do they fill out a med cert, certain type of doc or write/stamp a letter. I have never dealt with this before


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  • #2
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    I dealt with this recently. The dr spoke to the person on their own to ensure there was no undue influence by any family member. Dr spoke with solicitor on the phone to confirm they had spoken with the older person and that they were sufficiently competent to give this consent. the dr sent a letter to the solicitor to confirm this and then the solicitor spoke with the older person and got it in writing from them that the EPOA was to be drawn up.

    It can be a little distressing to think that the older person will need this down the line, but the geriatrician and solicitor both explained that it would be kept "on file" and only used down the line IF NEEDED. (The older person I was dealing with would have been v. proud and v concerned that it would ever come to them being unable to consent to things that MIGHT be needed, even though they were on a downward slide by then.)


  • #3
    Monife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Monife


    The solicitor needs to create a one page declaration that the doctor will sign after seeing and assessing the person. The solicitor should send it to the doctor by registered post.


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