Power of Attorney mother spending lots of cash

elsien

I read that out at my grandmother’s funeral - One of her favourite poems. 

Answering the previous question from someone about whether the OPs  mother has capacity or not as the LPA was used previously, the it may well have been set up to be used with the person’s consent in the way that they direct while they still have capacity.

My grandmother did that while she still had all her marbles because she was physically unwell and couldn’t get out the house to get to the bank and quite honestly couldn’t be bothered with setting up insurance etc any more. Didn’t  even have a cheque-book, she was firmly a cash and counter-cheque woman. But she knew exactly how much money she got and where it was going, and the LPA supported her on that basis. 

magicmoneyportaloo

Keep an eye on it, but it is good that she is active (including socially!) while she can be. Hopefully will help slow down any cognitive issues she does have from getting worse.

You can't use an LPA to stop financial decisions merely on them being unwise (and from what you've said I'm not sure her actions are unwise anyway).