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Any legal paperwork is not a do-it-yourself project. All it takes is one missing word or a misspelled word to create a fire storm later down the road. Plus you would miss out on certain things that are needed in a Power of Attorney.... example, if your brother owns a house, the full address of said house needs to be placed in the Power of Attorney.
The Elder Law Attorney may recommend other legal documents, such as a Living Will or Medical Directive. I used an Elder Law Attorney, and I have a 3-ring binder filled with all sorts of forms given to me by the firm. Heavens, my POA is over 10 pages long.
If you get a POA, like Alva said, get an attorney to draw it up.
Did I pay? Yes, I did. I was the one who paid, also, as he had had an accident (how the diagnosis was suggested as an incidental finding). The Lawyer had to do this with a Trust, so needed the document. And to do a POA. And to do two visits to my bro, one in hospital and one in rehab; interview me, him, and us together. It was about 4,000 in all. I think for a simple POA it would not cost half that but a call to Lawyers would answer that question. I was never so glad to have a solid document in my hands in all my life during the course of the next year in which I was a complete anxious learning curve.
You will find that cost ranges vary enormously dependent on where you live.
Wishing you good luck for certain. You will get widely varying answers on this one.