Western Australia · They cannot sign things anymore

Enduring Power of Attorney, while capacity remains

An EPoA lets someone manage money and property if the person later loses capacity. In WA it covers financial and property decisions only — not health, not lifestyle. The hard rule: it cannot be made after capacity is lost. If you are reading this and your parent is well, this is the step to take today. But money and property are only half of it. In WA, health, treatment and lifestyle decisions run through two entirely different documents — and an EPoA reaches none of them. Those two are not a choice between one or the other, and where they overlap, one of them quietly overrides the other. Set them up in the wrong order and the person you trust can be locked out of the one decision that matters most.