Willow Health provides a range of healthcare services to the local community, including home visits by nurses to elderly patients. An allied health worker, who performs a range of tasks such as housework and showering for patients, accompanies the nursing staff. When the nurses are not visiting patients, the allied health staff work at the office doing related administration work. Each year, the centre receives a budget allocation from the Ministry of Health. The objective of the program is to enable the elderly to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. The department does not allow the centre to spend more than this allocation. The centre, in turn, allocates its budget among its various programmes. The visiting nurse programme was approved and allocated $260,396 in 2020 and $289,476 in 2021 as follows. Nurses Allied health workers Medical supplies Cleaning supplies Transportation Clinic general overhead Total expenditures 2020 $ 145378 60 046 18 197 6894 9068 20013 $260 396 2021 $ 155 019 71 500 21402 9216 11144 21195 $289 476 The nursing staff are due to receive a 5 per cent increase in salary one-third of the way through 2021. The allied health workers are not budgeted to receive an increase in wages in either year. The prices of medical supplies are expected to increase by about 2 per cent during 2021. The prices of cleaning supplies are expected to remain relatively constant across the two years. Transportation is provided by the nurses, who are reimbursed 20 cents per kilometre. The clinic's general overhead is allocated to programs on the basis of budgeted program salaries. The total number of home visits 54.812 in 2020 and is expected to be 5.0 in 2021. d) If you were the Head of the visiting nurse program, how would you respond to the concerns raised in (c) above? (8 marks) Type your answer here Willow Health provides a range of healthcare services to the local community, including home visits by nurses to elderly patients. An allied health worker, who performs a range of tasks such as housework and showering for patients, accompanies the nursing staff. When the nurses are not visiting patients, the allied health staff work at the office doing related administration work. Each year, the centre receives a budget allocation from the Ministry of Health. The objective of the program is to enable the elderly to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. The department does not allow the centre to spend more than this allocation. The centre, in turn, allocates its budget among its various programmes. The visiting nurse programme was approved and allocated $260,396 in 2020 and $289,476 in 2021 as follows. Nurses Allied health workers Medical supplies Cleaning supplies Transportation Clinic general overhead Total expenditures 2020 $ 145378 60 046 18 197 6894 9068 20013 $260 396 2021 $ 155 019 71 500 21402 9216 11144 21195 $289 476 The nursing staff are due to receive a 5 per cent increase in salary one-third of the way through 2021. The allied health workers are not budgeted to receive an increase in wages in either year. The prices of medical supplies are expected to increase by about 2 per cent during 2021. The prices of cleaning supplies are expected to remain relatively constant across the two years. Transportation is provided by the nurses, who are reimbursed 20 cents per kilometre. The clinic's general overhead is allocated to programs on the basis of budgeted program salaries. The total number of home visits 54.812 in 2020 and is expected to be 5.0 in 2021. d) If you were the Head of the visiting nurse program, how would you respond to the concerns raised in (c) above? (8 marks) Type your answer here
