Gaines Brake, interim director of the Elder Law Clinic, recently explained how a power of attorney works to ABC 33/40 viewers.
“It is a very powerful designation of authority,” Brake said. “A good estate plan probably should include a durable power of attorney and a healthcare power of attorney so that someone who perhaps is elderly and is planning for a time when they may be incapacitated and may need some assistance in carrying out just their regular daily business affairs can appoint someone to help them do those things.”
