What's an Enduring Guardian?

An enduring guardian (EG) is a person you appoint to make important personal, lifestyle and treatment decisions on your behalf, should you ever become incapable of making such decisions yourself.

What does an enduring guardian mean?

An Enduring Guardian is someone you appoint to make lifestyle and health decisions on your behalf, when you don't have the capacity to make them for yourself. You decide the areas or 'functions' that you wish to give to your Enduring Guardian.

Is enduring guardian the same as power of attorney?

You may be wondering what distinguishes the two. The key difference is that a Power of Attorney makes decisions over financial and legal affairs. Whereas an Enduring Guardian has the power to decide on matters regarding lifestyle, health and welfare.