Free LPA applications under new campaign to promote better end-of-life planning

Free LPA applications under new campaign to promote better end-of-life planning

The Straits Times - Singapore·2023-07-22 21:00

SINGAPORE - All the fees involved in making a lasting power of attorney (LPA) have been waived as part of a new campaign launched on Saturday to encourage more Singaporeans above the age of 50 to have better end-of-life planning.

The aim is to get 240,000 people aged 50 and above to set up an LPA by 2025. An LPA allows decisions to be handed over to a trusted person if the applicant loses his or her mental capacity.

Of the 220,000 LPA applications made in Singapore to date, only about three-quarters, or 165,000, were made by people aged 50 and above, according to the Office of the Public Guardian, a division of the Ministry of Social and Family Development.

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