Assessment services
Attendant Care Needs Assessment
An assessment of the personal care an injured person needs: supervision, hygiene, mobility, and meals, recorded on the Assessment of Attendant Care Needs (the Form 1 under Ontario's Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule). Accident-benefit adjusters order one to set the attendant care benefit.
The problem
The care need is obvious and the paperwork is not
The family already provides the care: nights, transfers, meals, supervision. The claim needs that care stated domain by domain on the Form 1 with the records behind it. What arrives instead is a general letter that the adjuster cannot price against.
- Care hours are claimed with no breakdown across the Form 1 domains.
- Prior assessments exist and nobody attached them for comparison.
- The report states needs with no link to the clinical notes underneath.
What changes
What IMECore does about it
Every Form 1 domain covered
Supervision, hygiene, mobility, meals, and the remaining domains are each addressed in the form's own structure. No domain is left for the adjuster to guess at.
Hours a family can understand
Care time is stated plainly against daily life: what happens, when, and for how long. The family recognizes its own week in the report.
Records behind every line
Clinical notes, prior assessments, and the examination findings attach with source and date. Each stated need traces to the record it rests on.
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FAQ
Questions people ask
What is the Form 1?
The Assessment of Attendant Care Needs: the standard form under Ontario's Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule for recording what personal care an injured person needs. It breaks care into domains and states the time each one takes.
Who orders an attendant care assessment?
Usually the accident-benefit adjuster setting the benefit, sometimes through counsel. Either side can request one when the care picture changes or the existing Form 1 is disputed.
What does the assessor look at?
The person's daily routine, the clinical records, any prior Form 1 assessments, and the home situation where the care happens. The assessment usually includes seeing the person where they live.
Can the assessment be repeated?
Yes. Care needs change as recovery moves, so reassessment is normal: after surgery, at benefit reviews, or when the family reports the current hours no longer match the form.
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