The following paper summarizes a presentation given on May 13, 2022, at the 2022 Life
Care Planning Summit. In this presentation, we discussed the origin and evolution of costing …

Life care planning has emerged as an effective method for identifying and outlining future
care needs and costs. By 1985, the life care plan was introduced to the health care industry …

Abstract The Collateral Source Rule is a legal doctrine that holds if an injured party receives
some compensation for his injuries from a source wholly independent of the tortfeasor, such …

A staple in assessing and valuing injury and related monetary damages claims, life care
plans have traditionally encapsulated damages computations associated with present and …

The year 2020 was unprecedented for many reasons. Few events in the past century have
been more novel and far-reaching than the emergence and rapid spread of Severe Acute …

Life care planning is a growing health care service delivery system that emerged in the field
of health care service delivery systems in 1981 from the work of Dr. Paul Deutsch. Dr …

A life care plan can enhance both a jury's understanding of harms and losses caused by a
defendant's negligence and increase the awarded compensation. From a plaintiff's …

Likely every life care planner has had an experience in their clinical or forensic practice
where they deal with an individual coming from a societal group very different than their …

As the author of this report, I am a Certified Life Care Planner, having met the requirements
put forth by the International Commission on Health Care Certification. In addition, I am a …

Life care planning as a professional discipline emerged in the mid-1980s. As early as the
1990s, there was discussion about certifying life care planners. As of 2022, there are over …