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Projecting lifetime care needs from infancy through adulthood
Life care plans are developed for individuals with birth-related conditions and obstetric complications. With decades of experience in the medical-legal field, our Certified Life Care Planners work with plaintiff and defence counsel, and families to assess the long-term care requirements for children with birth-related conditions.
Birth injury life care planning is uniquely challenging. Care needs must be projected from infancy through adulthood and into old age, while accounting for developmental milestones, growth, changing medical needs, evolving attendant care requirements, and the specialized equipment and therapies required at each stage of life.
Each plan is based on medical evidence and reflects a range of care considerations, from early intervention to adult support services.
Conditions we assess in birth injury cases
Our team has extensive expertise in evaluating the medical, therapeutic, educational, and adaptive needs arising from birth injuries.
Cerebral palsy
Projections encompass all relevant care domains, including therapy, medical treatment, equipment, and long‑term support needs, estimated over the individual’s lifetime.
Brachial plexus injury
Assessment of needs, including surgical interventions, adaptive equipment, and rehabilitation therapies are considered and costed to reflect requirements over the individual's lifetime.
Hypoxic brain injury
Comprehensive planning for neurological deficits resulting from oxygen deprivation, including cognitive rehabilitation, behavioural support, and specialized educational programming.
Infection-related neurological injury
Life care plans address the neurological consequences that may arise from untreated or mismanaged infections during the prenatal, perinatal, or neonatal period.
Blunt force trauma to the head (forceps extraction)
Early intervention services, developmental therapies, educational support, and transition planning from childhood through adulthood.
Prenatal and perinatal care
Plans addressing complications stemming from errors in prenatal or perinatal care, carefully considering each child's unique circumstances and projected trajectory.
Birth injury cases often involve the highest lifetime care costs in personal injury litigation. Accurate, evidence-based quantification from infancy through old age is essential.
What makes birth injury planning unique
Life care planning for children requires specialized expertise that goes beyond standard personal injury assessment.
Lifespan projection
Care needs must be modelled from birth through old age, which may span 70, 80, or more years. Equipment replacement cycles, changing attendant care levels, and developmental transitions must all be anticipated.
Developmental milestones
The plan must account for how the child’s needs will evolve as they reach developmental milestones or do not reach them, and what additional supports will be required at each stage.
Transition planning
Moving from pediatric to adult care systems, from school to supported employment or day programs, and from family home to supported living requires careful planning and cost projection.
Report types for birth injury cases
Birth injury cases most commonly require a comprehensive Future Care Needs and Cost Analysis.
Future Care Needs and Cost Analysis
The essential report for birth injury cases, projecting care needs from infancy through adulthood and into later life. It models developmental milestones, evolving attendant care requirements, equipment replacement cycles, educational supports, and the transition from pediatric to adult care systems.
Cost Projection of Future Care Needs
Rarely the primary report in birth injury cases due to the inherent complexity, but may supplement a comprehensive plan by providing early cost estimates for early resolution discussions.
Past Care Valuation
Records and values all care the child has received since birth, including the additional support families provide beyond ordinary parenting responsibilities.
Life Care Plan Critiques
Reviews an opposing expert's pediatric life care plan, assessing whether developmental projections, attendant care modelling, equipment specifications, and lifetime cost estimates are clinically supported and appropriate.
Frequently Asked Questions
At what age should a life care plan be prepared for a child?
The timing depends on the matter, but life care plans for children can be prepared at any age. Earlier preparation supports early resolution discussions, while later preparation may benefit from a more established clinical picture. Our team can advise on the optimal timing for your case.
How do you project needs for a child who is still developing?
Do you include educational and vocational needs?
Can CBA testify about pediatric life care plans?
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