Life Care Planning – The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities through relationship building, human experiences, integration of data, diagnosis and treatment with critical thinking, using advanced nursing knowledge, and the influence of public policy.
A Life Care Plan can assist the Plaintiff or the Defense attorney to objectively document the case damages where a person has sustained physical and/or mental injuries.
A Life Care Plan is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities through relationship building, human experiences, integration of data, diagnosis and treatment with critical thinking, using advanced nursing knowledge, and the influence of public policy. It is an important evaluation when an individual’s injury is so severe that they will impact the person’s ability to perform their activities of daily living. If an individual uses a cane, walker, or wheelchair or mobility, they will require a Life Care Plan. When a client already receives home care assistance either from a family member or a home care agency, a Life Care Plan evaluation is necessary and beneficial. Consisting of answering the following five questions:
- 1. What do they have?
- 2. What do they need?
- 3. Why do they need it?
- 4. How often do they ned it?
- 5. How much will it cost?
The above will create an important road map so that the Life Care Planner can reach an evidence-based opinion as to the disabled person’s needs. Life Care Plans are critically helpful in catastrophic Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Slip and Fall, Automobile or Workplace accident cases.
Injuries must have a severe impact on an individual’s ability to perform their activities of daily living. Life Care Planning services are important in documenting the damages in cases where an individual has sustained a catastrophic injury such as:
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Tetraplegia/Quadriplegia
- Paraplegia
- Cerebral Palsy
- Sever or Traumatic Brain Injury
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Back or Neck Injury with Chronic Pain Syndrome
- AIDS
- Blindness
- SARS COVID-19
Required Medical Records and Information to Prepare A Life Care Plan
Hospital records, discharge summaries, operative reports, medical bills, treating and examining physician reports, work records, and income verification such as W-2 wage statements or income tax returns.
The Process of Preparing A Life Care Plan Report
The Life Care Planning process consists of gathering all of the documents, doing a cursory review to identify missing records or the need for clarification on care provided or medical billing reports. Then performing a wholistic evaluation and report generation. Typically, a comprehensive report will take four to six weeks to generate, however under certain circumstances it can be completed soon, consisting of 40-60 hours of research and preparation.
Let Richardson Legal Nurse Consulting LLC prepare a comprehensive Life Care Plan for your injured clients
As a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC) and a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) I will handle all of the research, provide a thorough report based on scope and standards of practice as an CLCP, using updated role and function measures that meet current stringent guidelines as the gold standard for an CLCP.
