A life care plan—a product of expert analysis and a roadmap to identify lifelong rehabilitation interventions for a person with disabilities—typically requires multidisciplinary input. Through research and by consulting with treating professionals and presumably knowledgeable experts, life care planners assemble information about the person with a disability’s presenting problems and appropriate recommendations for present and future care. Difficulties with the information exchange, however, can complicate and even derail a life care planner’s efforts. Discussed herein are reasons these communications can go awry, and suggestions to facilitate interactions with life care plan contributors. Additionally, ethical and practice standards associated with eliciting life care plan recommendations are discussed.
Michael Shahnasarian (Mon,) studied this question.