About the IARP IALCP Section

Establishing Standards of Practice

• Life care planning has evolved from a practice primarily within the field of litigation support to application in elder care, chronic illness, and discharge planning.
  
• The need for standards of practice has become more critical with this growth.
  
• These standards will evolve as they are influenced by changes in the various professions of life care planners and by external forces, such as accrediting bodies and courts of law. 
• As the professional transdisciplinary organization for life care planners, the International Academy of Life Care Planners developed Standards of Practice consistent with the diversity of practice settings and individual professional standards of practice.
  
• These standards will evolve as they are influenced by changes in the various professions of life care planners and by external forces, such as accrediting bodies and courts of law.
  
• The field reviewed standards, which apply to the current practice of life care planning in all settings, are presented here for the use of life care planners.

Publishing the Journal of Life Care Planning

• One of the Journal's objectives is to publish material that will add to the knowledge base of life care planning practitioners. 
• The Journal strives to publish information that is relevant and valuable to life care planners and is appropriate and accurate within standards in the field. 
• Research and evidence-based articles are welcome and so are case studies or real practice examples. 
• Material published in the JLCP is the latest information regarding life care planning and serves to provide academic foundation for this growing specialty advanced practice.

Partner for the International Symposium of Life Care Planning and Life Care Planning Summit 

• Explores important issues in the field 
• Provides opportunity to reach consensus on issues 
• Provides opportunity to identify and define areas of controversy 
• Provides direction for future development and services

Fellows Program 

• The purpose of the Fellow program is to recognize expertise, experience and contribution to the field of life care planning.
  
• The program recognizes those life care planners who have achieved a high level of skill and who use their skills and knowledge to promote the advancement of life care planning.

Please contact any Board member for questions or to discuss membership. 

Cloie B. Johnson, MEd 
OSC Vocational Systems Inc.
10132 NE 185th St.
Bothell, WA 98011