When does my Power of Attorney for Personal Care start working?
It starts working when you’re no longer mentally capable of making some or all decisions about your health and personal care.
You’re mentally capable of making a decision about your health and personal care when you understand:
- the information you need to make the decision, and
- what could happen if you do or do not make the decision.
You may be capable of making some decisions and not others. For example, you might be able to decide about your bathing and getting dressed but not about where you live. Your attorney can only make decisions that you’re not capable of making.
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