LPA - certificate provider

Moose1960

I am in the process of preparing new LPAs for my elderly parents, naturally at their request. 

We'll need a "certificate provider" who isn't related to them to confirm that they know what they're doing. The "someone who has known them for at least two years" requirement is tricky (albeit not impossible) due to the fact that at their age they've outlived a lot of their friends.

The alternative is "a professional" but the examples in the guidance are quite narrow - GP, lawyer, social worker. I have a trusted friend who is willing to stand as certificate provider and she is qualified both as a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor. Do any of the good people here know whether those qualifications will suffice?

Flugelhorn

the thing about the " GP, lawyer, social worker"  is that they have some experience / training in assessing mental capacity .. which I doubt an accountant would. 

Do any of your friends know them? how about a neighbour?

Newly_retired

A relative just used a friend, no problem.

mebu60

No formal qualifications are required to be a certificate provider. 

Keep_pedalling

Any neighbours who could do it? 

Brie

anyone who knows them and chats occasionally....hairdresser or barber is a good one as many people go to the same individual for years.

Bossyboots

My mother-in-law's hairdresser did hers and there were no issues.

otb666

I had the same problem and I read it as someone who knows them last two years (not related) or GP etc.  Over last 2 years housebound and not visited by anyone but us. So it is tricky and did not like asking neighbour etc as does not chat to them. As it turned out he did not want to do LPA but we would have gone with solicitor if he had wanted one.

Flugelhorn

Bossyboots said:

My mother-in-law's hairdresser did hers and there were no issues.

ideal solution - really doesn't have to be any different, just someone they have known for a few years and happy to chat about the process.

the professional certficate provider has to reach a higher bar and hence really much easier to get the friend (or hairdresser). As a GP I did a few for people but got my mum's friend to do hers 

elsien

Brie said:

anyone who knows them and chats occasionally....hairdresser or barber is a good one as many people go to the same individual for years.

It needs to be a little more than that because they need to have a conversation about whether the person understands what they are doing.  Which your hairdresser or a barber are fairly unlikely to do. 

Parent used a neighbour and explained to them that they needed to check whether she had still got her marbles or not. 

badmemory

Actually I think my hairdresser knows me way better than any GP does & will know more quickly than my GP if I am not "firing on all cylinders".