What is the difference between a lasting power of attorney (LPA) for personal welfare and an advance directive?
An LPA for personal welfare is a document that allows you to appoint someone to make decisions regarding your health care and personal care when you lack the capacity to make such decisions yourself. In contrast, you typically don’t appoint anybody in an advance directive. Advance directives are simply used to specify the type of health care you wish to receive when you lack the capacity to do it yourself.
