Looking for lawyers to witness the signing of Enduring Power of Attorney for elderly
AWEsum Care aims to promote advance care planning in Hong Kong and provides assistance to elderly individuals in preparing their advance care planning documents, including wills, advanced directives, and enduring powers of attorney. In particular, an enduring power of attorney allows individuals to appoint a trusted individual to manage their financial affairs in the event they lose capacity. The signing of an enduring power of attorney must be witnessed by both a medical doctor and a lawyer. We would like to corporate with a pro bono lawyer to provide free witnessing service for the underprivileged elderly. If you wish to know more, welcome to look at the video of our previous witnessing day. (https://youtu.be/u0ZOVGFdQlg)
Prior to the witnessing day, the elderly participants would have signed a disclaimer acknowledging that the lawyers are NOT providing legal advice related to the creation of the enduring power of attorney. The lawyer is NOT expected to sign an engagement letter either with the senior citizen or the social enterprise.
Despite Hong Kong having over two million people over the age of 60, only a few thousand enduring powers of attorney have been registered, which raises concerns about accessing patient assets to cover medical and living expenses. Free witnessing days help elderly to sign an enduring powering attorney which allows them to enjoy a better elderly life.
31 Aug 2024 - 21 Sep 2024
Sau Mau Ping/ Tuen Mun
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一共 6 小時
No age requirement
https://www.awesumcare.com
Our mission is to promote and make Advance Care Planning documents (Will, Enduring Power of Attorney and Advance Directive) accessible to the people in need. In particular, our goal is to increase the penetration rate of these documents to help the ageing population in Hong Kong.
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