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Maybe I misread your calculation but to me it seems you assigned to every "patient" (excuse the word) dedicated 24x7 on call and basically all that supporting s
by soco 4y ago
Maybe I misread your calculation but to me it seems you assigned to every "patient" (excuse the word) dedicated 24x7 on call and basically all that supporting stack, thus the 250k/person/year - not even the nursing homes for wealthy offer this kind of service. And even the start of the 131k is actually three persons manning the phone... so to me the calculations seem totally off, difficult to build an argument on bad math. Not at least, everywhere in the world there are functioning nursing homes so the concept can obviously work, so I really don't get your point.
- bell-cot 4y agoNo - I am using "one 24x7 bottom-lever care giver" as my (admittedly simplistic) unit of measure, for nursing home staffing. (Yes, I know there are wide variety of care options with visiting nurses, "independent" housing, etc. - where the staffing is definitely not 24x7. In my part of the U.S., the term "nursing home" seems reserved for facilities which are the (mostly) long-term primary residences of people needing some type(s) of 24x7 semi-skilled physical and medical care.) How many residents (or patients, or ...) each 1 staffing unit has to care for is brought in later. I briefly assumed 10 residents per staffing unit. (I am not sure how to interpret your "even the start of the 131k is actually three persons manning the phone" comment. Though from my own experience - quite a bit of staff time is consumed by talking on the phone with the family members of residents, with outside doctors & such for residents, with insurance providers for residents, with pharmacies, etc., etc.)