Wendy Harper

Wendy Harper, MS, OTR/L, CLCP is a Certified Life Care Planner and licensed occupational therapist with more than 30 years of rehabilitation and case management experience. Based in Afton, Virginia, and licensed in Virginia, Florida, and West Virginia, she develops comprehensive life care plans, medical cost projections, and rebuttal analyses for individuals with catastrophic injuries, complex medical conditions, and chronic disabilities.

Ms. Harper’s clinical career spans the full continuum of rehabilitation, including acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation, home health, skilled nursing, psychiatric care, and community-based programs. Throughout her career, she has evaluated patients, directed multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams, developed therapy programs, and managed rehabilitation services across diverse healthcare settings. This breadth of experience provides practical insight into how rehabilitation services are delivered, when transitions in levels of care are medically appropriate, and how functional limitations influence long-term care needs following catastrophic injury.

She has extensive experience evaluating and treating individuals with acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic injuries, low vision, and other medically complex conditions. Her work with medically fragile and geriatric populations has provided significant experience assessing functional capacity, age-related decline, chronic disease, and pre-existing impairments. This background is particularly valuable in cases involving older adults and medically complex individuals, where distinguishing the incremental effects of traumatic injury from underlying medical conditions is essential to determining future care needs and appropriate levels of support.

Since joining Turning Point Life Care Planning in 2023, Ms. Harper has prepared life care plans, medical cost projections, and rebuttal analyses for attorneys and medical professionals involved in litigation and mediation throughout the United States. Her opinions draw upon decades of rehabilitation practice, objective clinical assessment, standardized evaluation measures, nationally recognized practice guidelines when applicable, and established life care planning methodology. Ms. Harper has provided expert opinions and deposition testimony on behalf of both plaintiff and defense counsel. As a Certified Life Care Planner, she adheres to the standards of practice established by the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) and the International Commission on Health Care Certifications (ICHCC).