Making plans for the future can be helpful for people with dementia and their carers. Our guide on planning ahead is part of a series of nine booklets that have been written for people with dementia. Download a digital copy or order a printed version of the booklet here.

This booklet gives practical advice on handling someone's personal information to help them manage their affairs, or when managing their affairs for them.

Our advisers can’t offer you professional legal advice. But they can tell you about organisations that may be able to. 

People with dementia can put plans in place now that will be helpful in the future. This includes thinking about housing options for when living alone isn't possible.

Find other useful organisations and resources relating to Enduring power of attorney and controllership in Northern Ireland.

Read information to help if you are making an Enduring power of attorney (EPA) in Northern Ireland.

You can choose anyone you want to be your attorney, as long as they are 18 or over and are not bankrupt. You can have as many attorneys as you wish but it is usual to have between one and four.

A financial assessment should only take into account the assets of the person with dementia, even if they have a partner. 

Find out about different ways to fund a person's care home, and how that affects the choice of care homes available.

Whether a home is taken into consideration during a financial assessment depends on where the person with dementia is receiving care. If the person is living in a care home, their home may be included.

Once it is decided that someone has needs that make them eligible for support, the health and social care trust HSCT has a duty to provide sufficient support to ensure that these are met.