Question

Type of care provided

Care in this capacity can range from a short-term to long-term based upon the changing needs of the patient. Patient age can range from pediatric to elderly. Care can be provided in the patient’s private home, group home, or assisted living setting. Medical homes fall into this category and are a new focus of Accountable Care Organizations through the Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Scenario
In home care, a patient is visited at home by a nurse or nursing assistants with activities of daily living (ADL), wound care, IV therapy, etc. These organizations can be nonprofit or for-profit. A physician supervises the care with the assistance of RNs or LPNs and certified nursing assistants (CNAs).

You are a new administrator for a home health agency that is a national nonprofit organization that serves the surrounding Phoenix community. The agency has been recognized for the delivery of on-time quality services for a number of years. It is known to employ only the top staff within the community, but in recent months staffing numbers have dropped dramatically and you, as the agency’s administrator, have found yourself in a position where your facility is short staffed. You are unable to admit any additional patients unless you are able to have your staff work over time.

Question 1

Review your current budget. Taking this information into account, what are some strategies you would use to identify resources to focus on improving efficiency and meeting customer expectations during this time?   
Question 2
What do you see as the biggest financial issues of your organization? Hint: You are a nonprofit organization—so look at your means of funding and the relationship this has on your ability to treat patients and hire new staff. How will you address this financial issue?

Answer 1

Running an reputed NGO is an tough task where we will have to face and overcome lots of challenges... As the NGO fell into situation of inadequate staff and all financial issues for paying staff who work overtime... here we are going to discuss about what are the ways to increase the staff members in order to meet the needs of the patient and also how can we increase the funding sources in order to pay for the nurses who do overtime and also for new staff...
First let us talk about how can we increase the staff .... 1) we can welcome nurse volunteers with excellent skills to be part of the organisation and serve the needs of the patients.. advertisements must be given for the volunteer need 2) ANM and GNM nurses can also be welcomed as the need of the home care is ADL, wound care and IV therapy... they can be hired directly from the one year course nursing institutions.... 3) Intership options can be introduced in the organization where the internee will be provided with salary and certificate... by doing these methods rotation of the staff can be maintained...

Next let us discuss the ways to increase funding sources for the NGO. First of all annual budgetting must be made.
1) CSR can be opted which is corporate social responsibility... the corporate will be funding for the work of the NGO.
2) health schemes can be used in order to improve the funding. Many government schemes are available for sick in the county , we should make use of it...
3) Foreign resources for funding can be utilized..
4) In order to take help from public around us charity day or money through charity coupons can be collected...
5) clubs can also sponsor for NGO hence that can also be utilized...
Hence these are some of the ways to increase staff numbers and also funding sources for NGO..