Enduring Guardian
An “enduring guardian” occupies a similar role to an attorney
with enduring power, but an enduring guardian will generally have wider
powers than an attorney.
The Act allows you, to appoint a person as your guardian,
which only has effect when you are in need of a guardian. The guardian
can be empowered to decide any or all of the following:
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The place (such as a specific nursing home, or your own home)
in which you are to live;
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The health care that you are to receive;
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The other kinds of personal services that you are to receive;
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The medical or dental treatment to be carried out on you.
An enduring
guardian cannot consent to anything unlawful and cannot attend to
certain things, including but not limited to:
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