My mother has dementia and often doesn’t make sense anymore, but she doesn’t have a power of attorney in place. Is there anything that we can do to make decisions?
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Safeguarding Ireland has welcomed the commencement of new laws on assisted decision-making – which come into effect on Wednesday, 26 April. Chairperson Patricia Rickard-Clarke said: “We have good laws – now we need culture change. The public and professionals need to get informed and put these laws into practice. Doing so will prevent and reduce adult abuse and uphold our rights”. Key places to access more information are: