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All about understanding, stopping and recovering from abuse perpetrated by those who have Lasting Power of Attorney over others. [UK]
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Where do people seek help – and do they get it?
Examines both where people seek help when LPA (Lasting Power of Attorney) abuse is suspected, and whether they support they get is helpful. Based on an online survey.
abusebylpas.net
Latest Blog post:
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
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Abuse of older or vulnerable people often goes unnoticed. Our latest blog shares how to spot the signs, speak up, and act to protect others. Read more: www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk/Public/Resou...
#Safeguarding #ElderAbuse #LifetimeLawyers
#Safeguarding #ElderAbuse #LifetimeLawyers
What to do if you suspect the abuse of an older person or someone in vulnerable circumstances
www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Abuse of older or vulnerable people often goes unnoticed. Our latest blog shares how to spot the signs, speak up, and act to protect others. Read more: www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk/Public/Resou...
#Safeguarding #ElderAbuse #LifetimeLawyers
#Safeguarding #ElderAbuse #LifetimeLawyers
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Dealing with a loved one’s estate is tough. In our latest blog, we share key tips on choosing the right lawyer for probate & estate admin. Read more: www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk/Public/Resou...
Choosing your lawyer when someone dies
www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Dealing with a loved one’s estate is tough. In our latest blog, we share key tips on choosing the right lawyer for probate & estate admin. Read more: www.lifetimelawyers.org.uk/Public/Resou...
OPG Annual Report just published, showing a 6.5% increase in safeguarding concerns raised.
Over a third (3,823) led to full investigations.
Year to March 2025, the no. of active investigations of alleged LPA abuse increased by 44%
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c0...
Over a third (3,823) led to full investigations.
Year to March 2025, the no. of active investigations of alleged LPA abuse increased by 44%
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c0...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
OPG Annual Report just published, showing a 6.5% increase in safeguarding concerns raised.
Over a third (3,823) led to full investigations.
Year to March 2025, the no. of active investigations of alleged LPA abuse increased by 44%
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c0...
Over a third (3,823) led to full investigations.
Year to March 2025, the no. of active investigations of alleged LPA abuse increased by 44%
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c0...
Really important that #coercive and controlling behaviour is now included in national surveys of #abuse and crime.
BBC News - Millions more counted as domestic abuse victims as definition widens
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Millions more counted as domestic abuse victims as definition widens
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Millions more affected by domestic abuse - new survey
One-in-four adults in England and Wales have experienced abusive behaviours, official data suggests.
www.bbc.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Really important that #coercive and controlling behaviour is now included in national surveys of #abuse and crime.
BBC News - Millions more counted as domestic abuse victims as definition widens
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Millions more counted as domestic abuse victims as definition widens
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Another shocking story of #LPA #abuse. One of hundreds now coming to light - each revealing how different vulnerabilities can tempt greedy family or others to take total control.
BBC News - Isolated and confused: How a granddad 'vanished' from his family - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Isolated and confused: How a granddad 'vanished' from his family - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Isolated and confused: How a granddad 'vanished' from his family
A man with dementia was persuaded by his granddaughter to give her financial control of his affairs.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Another shocking story of #LPA #abuse. One of hundreds now coming to light - each revealing how different vulnerabilities can tempt greedy family or others to take total control.
BBC News - Isolated and confused: How a granddad 'vanished' from his family - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Isolated and confused: How a granddad 'vanished' from his family - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In our small survey, three-quarters of people who sought support from the #OPG #PublicGuardian found the response *very unhelpful* or *somewhat unhelpful*
Surprising numbers of people resorted to asking for help from their MP or contacting news media/journalists.
Surprising numbers of people resorted to asking for help from their MP or contacting news media/journalists.
Latest Blog post:
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
Where do people seek help – and do they get it?
Examines both where people seek help when LPA (Lasting Power of Attorney) abuse is suspected, and whether they support they get is helpful. Based on an online survey.
abusebylpas.net
March 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
In our small survey, three-quarters of people who sought support from the #OPG #PublicGuardian found the response *very unhelpful* or *somewhat unhelpful*
Surprising numbers of people resorted to asking for help from their MP or contacting news media/journalists.
Surprising numbers of people resorted to asking for help from their MP or contacting news media/journalists.
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Latest Blog post:
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
Where do people seek help – and do they get it?
Examines both where people seek help when LPA (Lasting Power of Attorney) abuse is suspected, and whether they support they get is helpful. Based on an online survey.
abusebylpas.net
March 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Latest Blog post:
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
On where people seek help when they suspect #LPA #abuse - and whether the support was helpful.
#PowerOfAttorney #POA #ElderAbuse #OPG
abusebylpas.net/2025/03/11/w...
Comments welcome!
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Beware before you give lasting power of attorney (LPA) to UK lawyers when going into a care home.Bank accounts locked & cash withdrawn after elderly gave LPA to a law firm. Properties sold. People are being fleeced & it is not right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bank accounts locked and cash withdrawn after elderly gave power to law firm partner
BBC hears how people felt pressured to grant lasting power of attorney to a man called Ron Hiller.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Beware before you give lasting power of attorney (LPA) to UK lawyers when going into a care home.Bank accounts locked & cash withdrawn after elderly gave LPA to a law firm. Properties sold. People are being fleeced & it is not right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's good to know the facts about Lasting #PowerOfAttorney #LPAs.
This should include the risk that LPA Attorneys may go on to #abuse their Donor.
You may reduce those risks by:
Consider more than one attorney
Use a solicitor to create the LPA - tailored to your situation.
see: www.AbuseByLPAs.net
This should include the risk that LPA Attorneys may go on to #abuse their Donor.
You may reduce those risks by:
Consider more than one attorney
Use a solicitor to create the LPA - tailored to your situation.
see: www.AbuseByLPAs.net
February 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It's good to know the facts about Lasting #PowerOfAttorney #LPAs.
This should include the risk that LPA Attorneys may go on to #abuse their Donor.
You may reduce those risks by:
Consider more than one attorney
Use a solicitor to create the LPA - tailored to your situation.
see: www.AbuseByLPAs.net
This should include the risk that LPA Attorneys may go on to #abuse their Donor.
You may reduce those risks by:
Consider more than one attorney
Use a solicitor to create the LPA - tailored to your situation.
see: www.AbuseByLPAs.net
Of interest @seacharity.bsky.social ?
Both news stories and court cases about #LPA abuse, dominated by #EconomicAbuse.
But often in conjunction with:
Psychological abuse
Abuse of wills
Counter-allegations against the concern-raisers
Both news stories and court cases about #LPA abuse, dominated by #EconomicAbuse.
But often in conjunction with:
Psychological abuse
Abuse of wills
Counter-allegations against the concern-raisers
abusebylpas.net/2025/02/12/w...
Latest Blog post by AbuseByLPAs.net
What is the nature and reality of abuse by #LPA attorneys?
Based on a short survey and review of news stories (2022-2025)
Latest Blog post by AbuseByLPAs.net
What is the nature and reality of abuse by #LPA attorneys?
Based on a short survey and review of news stories (2022-2025)
What is the nature of abuse by LPA attorneys?
Photo credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Diverse cases but shared patterns The first AbuseByLPAs Blog post explored what we know (and don’t know) about the scale of abuse by LPA attorneys. Thi…
abusebylpas.net
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Of interest @seacharity.bsky.social ?
Both news stories and court cases about #LPA abuse, dominated by #EconomicAbuse.
But often in conjunction with:
Psychological abuse
Abuse of wills
Counter-allegations against the concern-raisers
Both news stories and court cases about #LPA abuse, dominated by #EconomicAbuse.
But often in conjunction with:
Psychological abuse
Abuse of wills
Counter-allegations against the concern-raisers
abusebylpas.net/2025/02/12/w...
Latest Blog post by AbuseByLPAs.net
What is the nature and reality of abuse by #LPA attorneys?
Based on a short survey and review of news stories (2022-2025)
Latest Blog post by AbuseByLPAs.net
What is the nature and reality of abuse by #LPA attorneys?
Based on a short survey and review of news stories (2022-2025)
What is the nature of abuse by LPA attorneys?
Photo credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Diverse cases but shared patterns The first AbuseByLPAs Blog post explored what we know (and don’t know) about the scale of abuse by LPA attorneys. Thi…
abusebylpas.net
February 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
abusebylpas.net/2025/02/12/w...
Latest Blog post by AbuseByLPAs.net
What is the nature and reality of abuse by #LPA attorneys?
Based on a short survey and review of news stories (2022-2025)
Latest Blog post by AbuseByLPAs.net
What is the nature and reality of abuse by #LPA attorneys?
Based on a short survey and review of news stories (2022-2025)
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LIFT-OFF!! 🚀
Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
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Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
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January 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
LIFT-OFF!! 🚀
Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
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Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
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Domestic abuse isn’t always physical.
Manipulation, isolation, surveillance and economic abuse are all tactics used to trap victim-survivors and keep them from accessing safety.
Manipulation, isolation, surveillance and economic abuse are all tactics used to trap victim-survivors and keep them from accessing safety.
February 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Domestic abuse isn’t always physical.
Manipulation, isolation, surveillance and economic abuse are all tactics used to trap victim-survivors and keep them from accessing safety.
Manipulation, isolation, surveillance and economic abuse are all tactics used to trap victim-survivors and keep them from accessing safety.
A formidable and gripping in-depth BBC investigation into how 'professional' #LPA attorneys can exploit vulnerable older people.
Including how this can happen even when the #donor still has #MentalCapacity - and with the seeming complicity of residential care homes and social workers.
Including how this can happen even when the #donor still has #MentalCapacity - and with the seeming complicity of residential care homes and social workers.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Concerned neighbours ask Sue Mitchell for help in finding out how 1 man has taken control of the #finances of scores of vulnerable people. This is the hidden scandal of #PowerofAttorney. In Hertfordshire towns, people who live alone are disappearing…
Shadow World - The Willpower Detectives - The Willpower Detectives - Ep 1. The Doorstep Stranger - BBC Sounds
The story of a missing woman and neighbours who ask for help to find where she has gone.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A formidable and gripping in-depth BBC investigation into how 'professional' #LPA attorneys can exploit vulnerable older people.
Including how this can happen even when the #donor still has #MentalCapacity - and with the seeming complicity of residential care homes and social workers.
Including how this can happen even when the #donor still has #MentalCapacity - and with the seeming complicity of residential care homes and social workers.
LIFT-OFF!! 🚀
Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
*Please re-post*
Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
*Please re-post*
January 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
LIFT-OFF!! 🚀
Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
*Please re-post*
Web page content and useful links checked ✅
First Blog post written and published ✅
Feedback welcomed ✅
Website about better understanding, preventing and recovering from abuse by those who have Lasting #PowerOfAttorney.
abusebylpas.net
#LPA #POA #Abuse #Attorney
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