What Is the Role of a Life Care Planner in a Brain, and other Serious Injury Cases?
Brain injuries can result in serious and substantial financial and physical costs. If you have suffered a brain injury in an accident, the Riverside personal injury lawyers at Heiting & Irwin should be consulted (free) right away. We will fight for you.
It may be difficult to know the true costs and financial consequences of your brain injury. Even when you hire a personal injury attorney, we may need to work with additional experts to gauge the losses involved. A life care planner is one expert that your Riverside personal injury lawyers at Heiting & Irwin may engage. They can outline and calculate anticipated losses and expenses to be experienced in your unique and individual case. This requires true expertise and a lot of experience.
Speak to a personal injury attorney at Heiting & Irwin to learn more about brain injury case and compensation for an accident. We understand what you are going through and will provide experts, consultants, and the expertise that will assist you and give you attentive service at all stages of the case.
You May Need Additional Help After a Brain, and other Serious Injuries
If you or a loved one has suffered a serious brain injury, there will be probable loss of the ability to perform critical activities of daily life. A traumatic brain injury victim may need an extensive amount of help to do things, even simple things, like bathing and taking care of themselves. The extent of the care that one needs depends on the severity of the injury. All of this needed help could mean a very high bill for extraordinary costs for an indefinite period of time. Before you can settle a personal injury claim or lawsuit, we need to know the amount and type of care that is necessary, along with how much it will cost. This is essential information, many times provided with th help of a life case planner.
A life care planner will evaluate the TBI victim and assess their needs going forward. They would assess and evaluate the patient’s condition by:
- Conducting an extensive review of the patient’s medical and other records
- Performing functional capacity evaluations to determine what the patient can and cannot do; an what help they will need
- Assessing the patient’s home environment (eating, clothing themselves, bathing, toilet capability, cooking, cleaning, maintenance, driving, etc., etc., etc.
- Reviewing the individual’s needs
The life care planner can assist in developing an actual plan for the patient, identifying the needs and the resources available for the patient. A physiatrist or other experts may be retained to assist the life care planner, as well.
Necessary interventions could include both help from caregivers and medical equipment that could facilitate daily activities. The life care plan would specify which professionals are necessary to provide help.
The life care planner might also continue to be involved even after they have formulated an initial plan. They could monitor the implementation of the plan and make adjustments to it as necessary. Brain injury patients may progress (or digress) over time, and their needs could change. Experts could coordinate care and continue to match the patient with the care that they need.
A Life Care Planner Can Estimate Your Injury Costs
The life care planner plays an important role in a brain injury case to evaluate needed assistance with the activities of daily life: and the life care planner helps the brain injury lawyer estimate the amount of expenses that will be necessary to cover in the future. It is crucial to get this calculation correct of the needs of the client in a brain injury case.
Your brain injury attorney will likely work with one or more life care planners when estimating the amount of money you need to seek. The calculation of your brain injury damages should not be a back-of-the-envelope calculation. Exact and specific knowledge of the scope and extent of your damages is most beneficial. (The insurance company has their own idea of how much your case is worth, and it is almost always far less than yours. The more preparation and information that is at your lawyer’s fingertips, the better the chance that you may be able to secure adequate compensation for a brain injury).
Contact a Riverside Personal Injury Law Firm Today
If you have been injured in an accident, reach out to the Riverside personal injury attorneys at hilegalgroup.com Heiting & Irwin. You can schedule a free initial consultation by messaging us through our website at or by calling us today at (951) 682-6400. As always, you do not owe us a dollar unless you are paid for your injuries.
