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=== What does an enduring power of attorney cover? ===
An enduring power of attorney covers financial and legal decisions. Your attorney cannot make health care or personal care decisions for you, such as consenting to surgery or dental work for you. For these To appoint someone else to make health care or personal care decisionson your behalf, you need to make what’s called a '''representation agreement'''.
An enduring power of attorney may be limited to dealing with specific matters, such as managing a specific bank account. It may also be limited to a specific time period.