#90 Getting Your House in Order: Thinking about who would speak for you  with Clare Fuller & Dani Ayre

In the fourth episode we continue to explore the model of Getting Your House in Order, describing it as a how to guide for Advance care Planning. We reflect on the foundations, What Matters Most to a person, and build on our discussions  to start thinking about who would support you to make decisions or make decisions on your behalf if you ever lost the ability to speak for yourself. 

Key messages from our discussion

• A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document which enables you to nominate a person or people to speak for you or help you make decisions on your behalf  if you lose capacity.

  • You can lose capacity through a sudden accident, illness or longer term ill health 

• There are two different LPAs, one for Health & Welfare & one for Property & Finance (there is also a business LPA, which is a form of a Property & Finance LPA)

• You can make an LPA yourself, use an LPA consultant or a solicitor

• It is never too early to make an LPA but it can be too late

Resource

• Read the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) for underlying principles of the

• Access the Code of Practice for g a guide on how to apply the the MCA

• Access the Universal Principles for Advance Care Planning (ACP) 

• Access the GOV.UK information on  Make, register or end a lasting power of attorney 

Podcasts & blog relevent to this episode

Podcasts

• Mental Capacity: it’s decision specific not a binary concept with Dr Maggie Keeble

• Lasting Power of Attorney, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the Court of Protection - a family's experience

• The Court of Protection: Experience of a daughter

• The legal framework that underpins Lasting Power of Attorney and Deprivation of Liberty with Victoria Butler-Cole KC

Blogs

• LPAs and Activation Keys

• Reflecting on Re MW and Advance Planning: Legal frameworks and why they matter 

Bio: 

Dani is a specialist Palliative Care nurse and Educator currently working at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. She has over 15 years’ experience in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (PEoLC). She previously worked in Gibraltar for over 8 years, implementing and leading a Hospice Outreach Service for the community of Gibraltar. She has also worked in the community in Palliative care and Long Term conditions and briefly in the acute sector. 

Dani has furthered her knowledge throughout her career by achieving a Distinction in her PG Certificate at Masters level in Palliative Medicine and completed 2 further Masters modules in leadership and education in Palliative care. She is passionate about raising awareness and educating on Palliative care and the importance of Advance care Planning  not only to Health care professionals and the general public.