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Projecting lifetime care needs from infancy through adulthood
At CBA, we specialize in creating thorough, individualized life care plans for individuals affected by birth injuries and obstetric malpractice. With decades of experience in the medical-legal field, our Certified Life Care Planners work with personal injury lawyers and families to assess and document the lifelong needs of children impacted by severe 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 we develop is supported by evidence-based medical recommendations and is customized to anticipate the full range of care, from early intervention programs to adult support services. Our goal is to empower families and provide counsel with comprehensive documentation that accurately reflects the long-term costs associated with birth injuries.
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
Full scope of services and support, including physical therapy, medical treatments, assistive technologies, communication devices, and long-term attendant care, projected across the entire lifespan.
Brachial plexus injury
Assessment of needs from surgical interventions to adaptive equipment and rehabilitation therapies essential for achieving the highest quality of life and maximum functional independence.
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 planning for neurological consequences of 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.
Negligent 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 matters. It projects care needs from infancy through old age while modelling developmental milestones, changing attendant care requirements, equipment replacement cycles, educational supports, and transition planning from pediatric to adult care systems across more than 70 years.
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 focused cost estimates for specific care domains or defined time periods during early resolution discussions.
Past Care Valuation
Documents and costs all care provided to the child since birth. This includes early intervention services, specialist appointments, therapy sessions, adaptive equipment, and family-provided care, helping ensure nothing is missed in the damages claim.
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 for the child's specific condition.
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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