At Intercoastal Consulting & Life Care Planning (ICLCP), we understand that life care planning can raise many questions for individuals and their families. Our aim is to provide clear, comprehensive answers to help you navigate through the complexities of life care planning. Here, you’ll find answers to some of the most commonly asked questions we encounter.
Life care planning is a detailed, personalized plan that outlines an individual’s current and future medical and non-medical needs resulting from a catastrophic injury, chronic illness, or disability. It serves as a roadmap to guide patients, families, and healthcare providers in ensuring that comprehensive care and support are available throughout the individual’s lifetime. These plans are essential in legal cases to objectively assess the cost of ongoing care, rehabilitation, medical equipment, and related needs.
Life care plans are beneficial for individuals of any age who face significant health care needs due to a catastrophic injury, chronic illness, or disability. This includes conditions such as traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, stroke, chronic diseases, and other conditions that require long-term medical care, rehabilitation, and support.
A life care plan is developed through a collaborative process involving a team of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, therapists, and other health care professionals as appropriate that work together with the life care planner. The process includes:
A life care plan offers several benefits, including:
Life care plans should be reviewed and updated regularly to reflect changes in the individual’s condition, advancements in medical treatment, or changes in care needs. Typically, a review is recommended every 1 to 2 years, or after a significant change in health status.
Intercoastal Consulting & Life Care Planning offers unparalleled expertise in developing comprehensive, evidence-based life care plans. Our team of healthcare professionals and life care planners work diligently to ensure that every aspect of an individual’s care needs is thoroughly assessed and addressed. With ICLCP, you can be confident that you are receiving the highest standard of care planning and support.
Our life care plans are developed by a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with Autonomous Practice in Florida (APRN-IP). This dual qualification allows us to integrate both medical and functional perspectives in every plan.
Yes. ICLCP offers unbiased, clinically objective life care planning services for both plaintiff and defense attorneys. We are committed to evidence-based documentation that can withstand scrutiny from all parties involved.
Absolutely. We offer detailed Life Care Plan Rebuttals and Critiques that identify deviations from accepted standards of care, overestimations, or unsupported recommendations in opposing expert reports.
We develop plans for a wide range of injuries including: Amputation, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Burns, Birth Injuries, Chronic Pain, Multiple Trauma and many more. Each plan accounts for medical needs, assistive devices, long-term therapies, and anticipated care over time. Our clinical experience ensures that recommendations are practical and aligned with current standards of care. Whether the injury is catastrophic or non-catastrophic, we tailor the plan to the individual’s condition, prognosis, and rehabilitation potential.
Yes. Our Certified Life Care Planner and APRN-IP are qualified to provide expert witness services in both state and federal courts. We offer testimony that is objective, clinically supported, and adheres to accepted methodologies used in litigation.
Yes. Our Medical Cost Projections service is ideal for cases that don’t require a full life care plan but still need a clear estimate of future medical costs for settlement or valuation purposes. These projections are based on clinical records, provider input, and region-specific pricing. They are frequently used in mediation, pre-trial strategy, or when life expectancy or care pathways are limited in scope.
All of our work adheres to the methodologies outlined in the Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook (5th Ed.). We also follow the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing as well as other peer-reviewed clinical guidelines relevant to the injury type involved. These frameworks help ensure our plans are evidence-based, clinically valid, and legally defensible.
Getting started with a life care plan at ICLCP is simple. Contact us to schedule an initial consultation where we can discuss your specific needs, answer any further questions, and outline the next steps in developing a life care plan tailored to you or your loved one’s needs.
At Intercoastal Consulting & Life Care Planning, we are committed to providing you with the guidance and support you need for effective life care planning. If you have more questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.