If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury that results in life-long disability, one of the major challenges that you and your family would face is that of making an estimate of your current and future medical costs and other needs. According to Ontario’s Highway Act, regardless of who is at fault, anyone who is injured in a motor vehicle accident is entitled to statutory accident benefits. However these may not be adequate to cover your future needs as a person with disability if you’ve suffered traumatic injuries like brain or spinal damage. Accidents are caused by the fault or negligence of another person and as a victim you are entitled to seek compensation in a civil lawsuit. In both cases, you need the advice and assistance of an experienced Mississauga personal injury lawyer. Apart from the physical injuries, victims of catastrophic injuries also suffer emotional trauma and require counseling and support.

Medical costs escalate with time and as newer facilities and therapies are discovered. The costs of hospitalization, medication and care are rising every day, so it’s obvious that they will cost a lot more in the future than they do today. Additionally, the condition of victims of serious injuries may deteriorate in time and their needs may increase. These costs have to be budgeted for and that’s why a life care plan must be chalked out to take care of these contingencies.

Many people are unaware of the need for such a plan or of anticipating the future needs of the injured victim. They may need professional care or admission to a nursing home if family members are unable to take care of them. Pain and suffering increase along with depression. There is loss of income, lack of enjoyment of life and deprivation of social needs.

Apart from accident victims, future needs of others who may require life care planning include those with claims of injury due to:

• Medical malpractice
• Workplace injury
• Catastrophic injury
• Car/Motor vehicle accidents

Future Needs Assessment Report

Our Mississauga critical injury lawyers have extensive experience in this area. We consult with medical experts to establish current and future needs of the person with disability and put it in financial terms. The onset of disability may result in a particular type of medical requirements, while its progress in time leads to further and higher medical needs.

Mississauga serious injury lawyers can assist victims to put together a future needs assessment report with the help of past and present medical reviews and functional status on the basis of medical records, medical opinions of health-care experts and the assessment of care-givers and family members.

A comprehensive future needs assessment report should include expenses that the person would have to incur during an entire life-time for the following:

• Medication
• Hospitalization
• Therapeutic services
• Rehabilitation
• Re-hospitalization either as in or out patient
• Attendants, care-givers, personal support
• Assistive technology and equipment
• Modifications to home
• Transportation or modifications to vehicle
• House maintenance and housekeeping
• Vocational and educational training

For instance, a typical future needs report for physiotherapy, counseling and occupational therapy would include transportation to and fro, current cost of each unit, a recurring future cost and the total cost over a life time. The exact computation on which these costs are based is also provided.

Such information would be provided for all the heads mentioned above. Taken together, this forms the complete report.

How We Can Assist You 

Our Mississauga free consultation injury lawyers can set the process in motion by providing you with a comprehensive, genuine, swift evaluation of your case. Based on this, victims can make a claim for compensation from the at-fault party. This must be done within the stipulated time-frame, which could vary from place to place. Personal injury laws may also be subject to changes and only an experienced legal professional keeps themselves regularly updated on such information.

Creating the right plan for your individual needs requires great expertise, time and planning. It should be focused on the client and the family and yet be objective. Medical assessments must be done by a qualified physician with access to the latest information regarding this particular condition. Nutritionists and social/psychological support for future needs is provided by inputs from specialists in the field. A future needs assessment report can be compiled as soon as you contact a Mississauga personal injury lawyer, since they have the resources to ensure that the most comprehensive and complete report is presented.

Our Mississauga accident injury lawyers available 24×7 can represent victims in all communications and negotiations with the insurance company and ensure that your rights and interests are safeguarded.

If you, your family or a friend has been injured in an accident, please feel free to speak to one of our injury lawyers for a free consultation about how we are able to assist in making a personal injury claim. We consult in all cities across Ontario with a no win no fee guarantee. Our personal injury lawyers have helped victims secure millions of dollars in personal injury cases. Call us Toll Free On our 24/7 Injury Hotline: 1 – 844 495 7333 or Text a Personal Injury ‎Lawyer 24/7 and get instant help.TM (416 931 5015)