If I am going to be gone for 2 weeks, can I give temporary POA for my mom who has dementia to a friend?

Texasgirl, you can still be your Mom's Power of Attorney no matter where you go in the world. With today's use of iphones, tablets, Skype, if you are always in communication contact.

Never heard of a Temporary Power of Attorney. And if there was such a thing, only your Mom can appoint a secondary person to be on the POA, and Mom would need to sign it.

You can't give your POA to anyone temporary or not. Only your mother could do something like that and her dementia, depending on how bad it is, might prohibit her doing that. Give the assisted living home your cell phone number and tell them to contact you if they need you.

There is very little - if anything - involved in being a POA that needs your actual physical presence, even a medical emergency can be handled with phone calls and email. The most important thing is to have medical directives in place, and since your mom is in an AL that will have been part of the admissions requirements.

Yes, but she is asking can she sign a temporary POA. No, only her mother can. Her mother has dementia and may or may not be competent to sign such a document.

Thanks everyone for the input.. I forgot to mention I will be on a cruise and would not be able to return at once.. I will speak with the assisted living home first ..

Good, I would think that the cruise ship would have wifi that a smart phone or a tablet could work through. When are you leaving?

When I go away I just leave numbers of family living close by & I have written up that they can give consent for treatment when I'm unavailable until I can be reached -

I travel to British Columbia several times a year & other places & never had an issue - with today's technology you are never far from a phone/cell phone/ computer for long unless you plan a trip to Antartica -

Don't sweat it to much just give them the alternate contact list & the witnessed letter detailing that they can initiate treatment in case of emergency because this could happen when you go to a movie or a play when you're at home so where cell phones need to be off - you have a life & it doesn't need to be on hold especially if you pre-do these arrangements

When my friends made me their POA, they also named a second and third person. When I leave town, I alert the third POA who lives in the same area. I also leave the phone numbers of each motel where we will be staying, along with our cell phone number and email address. We can be contacted easily. When we get to our motel, we check the cell phone and emails for any concerns. So far, no problems.

I wish again to thank all for the info...yall have been very helpful... Since I am a only child and my mom is also its concerning when you want to take a trip.. I have spoke with the al and I have a great friend that will be here for my mom.. I just have to put in writing that she can take my mom to the dr or er and yes the cruise ships have emergency numbers for family to call.. I also have a DNR so that is taken care off ..

Check with the cruise ship people and ask if they will have wifi on board. I would think so.