I am a carer, can I use my clients ATM card on their behalf?
You need to get it in writing with a witness and keep receipts as mentioned above A friend of mine was a caregiver for an elderly woman for more than 8 years and used to pay her bills, run her errands, use her ATM card to withdraw cash for groceries, etc. Then the woman’s son, who she hadn’t seen for more than 10 years, came back in the picture and accused my friend of fraud and theft. When my friend could not produce receipts for all the purchases she had made in the past 6 months, he claimed that his mother was incapacitated, that my friend was stealing from her, and he fired her and got power of attorney over his mother’s accounts.
