Power of attorney

Oh ok,thank you...?Mon does that mean I have to have three separate lots of power-of-attorney or can all my siblings be added on the one document?

Shinamae I would recommend that you give a PoA to all your children and stating that they can act severally as well as together. That means that your daughter can look after your affairs either on her own or in consultation with her siblings, and if anything happens to make it difficult for her to act for you (accident or illness etc), the others can take over without any problem.

A friend's mother did what you suggest and when she developed dementia her daughter exercised the PoA and managed her mother's affairs. Unfortunately her daughter died suddenly and the PoA was void.

To take over the responsibility of looking after their mother's affairs, her brother had to go through the Court of Protection, which was expensive and then had to get every item of expenditure approved by the court. It was a nightmare.

Here is the relevant gov.uk link Shinamae, it includes links to the steps that need to be taken and the forms that have to be completed.
www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney

Thank you Tanith...?

All 3 of my children have POA over my affairs should I become incapacitated.
I did the whole thing online printing out the relative pages to be signed. They have to be signed in a particular order and witnessed. My son lives abroad so i had to send his to be signed and then returned. It was very easy and there is an explanation how its to be done.