Community Setup - Fee Setup:
- Click on the Fee Setup tab.
Resident Care Program Method
Most Assisted Living communities assess their residents using one of three assessment methods: Dollars, Time, or Points. Indicate the method by which your community assesses its residents.
This step is critical as it determines resident charges. Please check with your Executive Director and Corporate management to ensure proper set up of assessment methods.
- Points: Allows assignment of point values to each Service Area by level of care. Total point ranges may be set for any number of rate levels desired. Provides calculation of resident assessment rates and staff scheduling information.
- Time: Allows the amount of staff time required for each Area to be defined by selected level-of-care description. Provides calculation of resident assessment rates and staff scheduling information.
- Dollars: Calculates the cost of care provided based on the amount of staff time, type of staff, and hourly rates defined that are required for each Area by the selected level of care description. Displays resident assessment rates and can provide staff scheduling information.
- Indicate in the appropriate check box which assessment method is used by your community. (The default value is the Points method.)
ONCE POINTS, TIME OR DOLLARS HAS BEEN SELECTED, THE RESIDENT CARE ASSESSMENT METHOD SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED!
Include Frequency when calculating Rate for Assessments?
When this box is checked, the level of care frequency will be used in calculating the assessment charge. If the box is not checked, the charge will be the rate/amount entered in the Service Area Library. Refer to the Service Area Library chapter for more information about defining rates.