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40 C> • THREE PALMS OF SEBASTIAN 70 BED ALF PROJECTED STAFFING FIRST SEVENTEEN MONTHS OF OPERATION 30 Beds Dementia Care 44 Beds Regular Extended Congregate Care Assumptions There are no residents for the first month after the facility construction is complete. At the end of that time, five residents would begin occupancy, and an additional four to five would enter each month at the beginning of the month, At the end of the first six months, there would be a total of 25 residents, of which 14 would be in the dementia care unit. After six months, new occupancy would decrease to four per month, due to the initiation of turnover in original occupancy, with one of the four being deme=ntia care. full occupancy of 63 (assumes 9U°/ooccupancy) will be achieved by the beginning of the seventeenth month, with 27 in dementia care and 36 in regular care, All of the residents would be receiving a moderate to high level of personal assistance, involving at least two ADLs (such as supervision of self- administered medication, and bathing). The staff perform all necessary tasks during the initial period of occupancy, regardless of job description, with the exception of administrative or other duties which must be performed by the administrator or nurse. All staff members vAll be certified in first aid and complete a course on UUV and AIDS in the workplace within one month of employment. Special training will be provided in the area of dementia care. Criminal background, abuse registry, driving record, and workers compensation claims checks, as well as drug use testing will be performed on employment applicants before employment, in addition to ,general employment reference checks. RN will be utilized on a part time basis as a supervisor for the LPNs. First Month, 0 residents There must be six initial employees of the facility. One is the administrator, who will be marketing and finalizing other arrangements such as supplier contracts and social services. An RN will be on the payroll as part time, for licensing purposes only at this stage, but marketing tasks will be assigned until actual nursing services are needed. Another is the administrative/financial assistant. A CNA will be hired and trained during the month (with emphasis on dementia care), during which time she will also do cleaning. A half time lawn and maintenance person will also be hired. Second Month, 5 residents A full time social director will be hired and trained (emphasis on dementia care) this month. The social director function will be important for marketing/sales purposes as well as service delivery, and will relieve the administrator of the burden of weekend work All social activities (including shopping and other excursions) will be planned and supervised by this employee, who will also perform other tasks as necessary to assist the administrator and provide personal care to residents,