The Incredible Power Of A Life Care Plan

Life care planners come from diverse fields such as nursing, rehabilitation, and other health-related areas. These experts play an important role in assisting families and individuals with serious injuries or disabilities by creating detailed, long-term plans to address the challenges associated with such conditions.

Creating a life care plan isn’t easy. It includes various processes such as reviewing medical records, conducting patient interviews, and exploring other data sources that help provide a more detailed assessment of the victim’s needs. Due to their expertise in health-related fields, they are also qualified to conduct independent research to establish optimal long-term plans for disabled and injured individuals.

In addition, with life planning services for attorneys, such plans can also be used to prove damages in various personal injury cases.

Who Are Life Care Planners

Certified life care planners are individuals with years of experience in various medical fields who also specialize in providing life care planning services. While plenty of professionals in this field are registered nurses or nurse practitioners, life care planners can have background in some of the following areas:

• Physical therapy
• Psychology
• Rehabilitation counseling
• Occupational therapy
• Chiropractic care
• Speech pathology
• Social work 

Granted, in some cases, the background of the planner may be insignificant. However, when dealing with certain injuries, it’s useful to seek out a professional with a background in that particular area. 

In Which Cases Is A Life Care Plan Recommended?

In situations where a person suffered extensive injuries due to a work-related incident, workers' compensation benefits, and possibly Social Security benefits, can alleviate financial burdens. 

This also applies to serious illnesses resulting from exposure to hazardous substances like asbestos or radiation.

Since navigating the challenges associated with such injuries or illnesses can be overwhelming for affected individuals and their families, a life care plan can provide some well-needed guidance. 

Life care planning services can also prove invaluable in helping families of victim who are too overwhelmed by the immediate impact of serious injuries or illnesses. These situations often require clear and strategic thinking about long-term medical needs, and a life care planner can step in to provide a data-based assessment of the individual’s condition and future care requirements.

The duration of the care plan can vary from a few months for lighter injuries to potentially decades for individuals who suffered catastrophic injuries. Regardless of whether the timeline is short or extended, a life care planner helps ensure that the injured individual and their family have a structured and sustainable approach to managing the challenges ahead.

How Life Planning Services For Attorneys Can Help In Personal Injury Cases

The main goal in personal injury and medical malpractice cases is to secure compensation for individuals who have suffered harm. In Florida, damages can encompass medical costs, pain and suffering, lost earnings, medical expenses, and loss of earning capacity. 

In cases involving severe injuries that necessitate a lifetime of ongoing medical care, the cost of future medical treatment often constitutes a substantial component of compensatory damages.

As luck would have it, a life care plan can also be used as a valuable tool to establish future medical expenses. While the primary focus of a life care plan is on future medical expenses, it can also clarify claims of future pain and suffering. 

Because it’s based on medical records, the resulting cost projection and report will account for the entirety of the injured person's past medical history related to a specific incident of negligence. It also extends into the future, addressing potential complications, future surgeries, medication, and medical device requirements, and potential needs for assistance or residency in rehabilitation or assisted living facilities. 

The life care plan will justify the reasonable costs of each required future medical treatment based on the injured victim's medical history and the expert's understanding of typical treatments for individuals with similar medical problems.

In the context of a personal injury case, the presence of such data will substantiate the injured victim's claims of pain and suffering by highlighting the substantial ongoing medical treatment they are likely to endure, including potentially painful surgical procedures and unpleasant hospitalizations. 

The life care plan also consolidates the costs of future medical care, which helps the jury come to an accurate and reliable compensation amount for future medical expenses. While life care plans are just another expense on top of other legal expenses, they’re more than worth it. 

If the case involves future medical needs as the crux of the compensatory damages, personal injury attorneys can use the report as evidence while seeking just compensation. In cases involving substantial future medical needs, they prove indispensable tools for skilled personal injury or medical malpractice lawyers in their pursuit of fair compensation for their clients.

Get The Fastest Life Care Plan Around

The process of developing a thorough Life Care Plan involves several crucial steps and a commitment to detailed research. At Occupational Assessment Services (OAS), we prioritize accuracy, reliability, and efficiency to support attorneys in advocating for their catastrophically injured clients.

Due to the statute of limitations, time is a valid concern for many attorneys. Fortunately, here at OAS, we recognize the urgency of certain cases and are as such equipped to handle rush situations and possess the resources to complete a comprehensive plan report within a single week. While maintaining our commitment to accuracy and thoroughness, we expedite the process to meet the pressing needs of attorneys and their clients.

With a longstanding history of preparing the best life Care Plans and offering vocational evaluation services, OAS is often a go-to experts for the most successful attorneys in the nation. You can join the club and always keep faith in our experts to deliver accurate, detailed, and timely information that strengthens your case and supports the well-being of your catastrophically injured clients.

When you choose OAS, you're choosing a team committed to excellence, ensuring that your legal strategy is backed by a comprehensive and professionally prepared Life Care Plan. Just shoot us an email at info@oasinc.org and we’ll be eager to get to work!