To give or not to give? OPG launches new guidance on gifting
...matter how generous the person was, you can’t give gifts on their behalf to total strangers: they must go to people or to a charity the person would normally have...
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Planning for the future – meeting the needs of our ageing population
...to speak for you when you can’t speak for yourself. Everyone at our event agreed that we need to find ways to reach out to all areas of society so...
Pensions and LPAs
...for retirement income move from the state and/or the employer to the individual. By 2030, people will be retiring with a significant part of their income coming from defined contribution...
Join our webinar on Lasting powers of attorney in the BAME Community
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Laura Crouch, Posted on:
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BAME, Covid-19, Future planning, health and welfare, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act, NHS, Social care
...to find out if someone has one. Why it’s important to encourage people engaging with the NHS to consider an LPA, the benefits to the patient and benefits to the...
A professionals' perspective on the deputy online reporting service
...online reporting service which launched in spring 2018. “Prior to us using the online service, we completed reports in PDF format which was an inconvenient procedure due to there not...
Testing how an OPG mediation service might help protect vulnerable people
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Ashok Chopra, Posted on:
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Deputies, Future planning, Safeguarding, Supervision
...do is appropriate to the situation and for the individual. Mediation fits into that as proportionate action in line with the Human Rights Act 1998. We’re using independent, experienced, and...
Top tips on starting difficult conversations about LPAs
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rebeccaparker1, Posted on:
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Future planning, Guidance, lasting power of attorney, LPA
...long as you need to, can help with getting the conversation off to the right start. It can be useful to bring a few key facts, to explain more about...
Watch our webinar on Lasting powers of attorney in the BAME Community
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Laura Crouch, Posted on:
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BAME, Covid-19, Future planning, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act, NHS, Social care
...of the groups least likely to have a lasting power of attorney (LPA). Nick Goodwin, Public Guardian introduced the event discussing why having an (LPA) in place is important in...
What happens when I can't make decisions for myself?
...an LPA. Second, we aim to show how easy it is to make an LPA using the online service. Many people create LPAs, not in case they lose mental capacity,...
Why do people plan ahead?
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Usha Grieve, Posted on:
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Attorneys, Future planning, General, Guidance, health and welfare
We're always interested to understand what motivates people to plan ahead for a time when they can't make decisions for themselves. In the second in our series of blogs featuring...