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{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}There are now a number of options for assisting people who have trouble dealing with their financial and personal affairs. Some of these options are:
* '''Power of attorney:''' A power of attorney is a document you (the '''donor''') can sign to give someone else the power to conduct your financial affairs. You have to be mentally capable to give a power of attorney, but you can make the power '''enduring''', so that it is still in effect if you later lose your mental capacity.
* '''Representation agreement:''' A representation agreement is a document prepared for a person (the donor) who, though they may be mentally incapable of making a contract or managing their health care, can still trust another person and communicate their desire for that person (their '''representative''') to make decisions on their behalf. A representation agreement can authorize a representative to make some or all of a wide variety of decisions on behalf of the Donordonor, such as:
**routine financial decisions,
**health and personal care decisions,