Project Plan Template: Primary Health Facility for Elderly Care

This project plan details the establishment of a primary health care facility in Mount Pleasant to address the needs of its growing elderly population. The plan includes a problem statement, project mission, goals, objectives (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound), and strategies focuse...Read More

Project Plan Template for Primary Health Care Facility
1. Problem statement
 In the recent times it has been observed that there has been a significant rise in the
ageing population of Mount Pleasant. The ageing population of the area demands more
accessible and the affordable, integrated and quality care. A facility related to health
care has to be opened up for the purpose of addressing the issues. The issues must be
addressed on an immediate basis so as to ensure the aged people of the area of basic
and quality health care (Todini et al., 2018).
2. Project mission statement
 The overall project is concerned with the provision of affordable, accessible, integrated
and quality health care facility to the aged population of Mount Pleasant area.
 Providing information for two main questions:
o For the purpose of addressing the issues related to the provision of quality and
affordable health care in the area a primary health care facility will be opened up.
o The facility will mainly cater to the needs of the elderly people of the area
(O'Neill&Ensle, 2015).
3. Project goals, objectives and strategies
Project goal
 The goal of the project is to establish and commence the operations of a health care
facility that is capable of catering to the medical needs of the ageing population of
Mount Pleasant area.
 All the ancillary actions to the construction of the health care facility will also have to be
taken actively. These will encompass activities like the promotion of the facility.
Arranging for the adequate amount of transport facility for the elderly people, to make
the bring the facility even closer to them (Carroll& Smith, 2016).
Project Objectives
 Specific:
The specific objective of the entire program is to ensure that the adequate medical
facility reaches the elderly people in the right time and in the most appropriate manner.
 Measurable:
One of the most important thing that needs to be measured objectively is the proportion
of the ageingpopulation that is going to be present in the total patient footprint to be
recorded by the new primary health centre. This would further enhance the calculation
in respect of the type of medicine that is going to be required, the number of doctors

specialising in certain common diseases and the number of support staff that is going to
be needed in the hospital for the purpose of helping the elderly people (Wright, 2017).
 Achievable:
The target that has been set up is very much achievable. The reason being that the
infrastructure that is needed for the better and effective implementation and
commencement of the primary health care facility is readily available in the market. The
only requirement is to utilise the same for the purpose of delivery of quality and
affordable care that is directed towards the elderly population of the area
(Stiglitz&Rosengard, 2015).
 Realistic:
The goal that has been ascertained is very realistic in nature. The reason being that the
service that is to be provided to the patients is directed towards a niche of patients. The
niche is comprised of elderly patients. Due to this the design of the operational structure
of the hospital will be way better than the other facilities present around the area. The
specific design of operations and the availability of the requisite facility for the elderly
will realistically ensure that the quality of service that is provided to the patients meet all
the standard requirements and the expectations of the patients.
 Time limited:
For the purpose of effective and efficient implementation and commencement of the
primary health care facility it is an absolute necessity that a particular time is being fixed
within which the entire project will be completed and the operations will commence.
The timeliness in completion and the starting of the operations of the primary health
care facility will ensure that adequate services and care reaches the elderly at the
earliest possible time (Baker&Dworkin, 2017).
Project strategies (what is actually going to be done)
 Based on evidence of “what works”
For the purpose of ensuring that the safety component of the project planning is taken
care of, the strategies will be based on the result that had been previously obtained by
several centres that have completed their construction and have started their operations
too.
 Actionable:
The process of starting the centre will have to be commenced immediately.
 Feasible:
The revenue that is going to be generated by the project corresponding to the costs that
are being incurred in its respect must be ascertained and fixed objectively.
 Sustainable:
The operations of the hospital must be conducted in such a manner that it ensures that
the services and the care that is being delivered to the elderly patients are sustainable in
nature. The reason being sustainable and consistent in delivery of the service to the
patients will ensure the long term existence and the viability of the operations of the
medical centres (Lewis et al., 2016).

 Able to address political and stakeholder issues:
The hospital must ensure that no mal practices in pursuance of delivery of the care and
service to the elderly patients be adopted by the health centre. The reason for this is
that the same would attract a levy of heavy interference from the government.
 Ethical :
The strategies for the purpose of delivery of care and service to the elderly patients must
be conducted in accordance with the ethical practices that are applicable and relevant in
the case of the health care (Scheffler et al., 2018).
 Selected because they have the highest impact:
Only such strategies are being selected that will yield the best results in the least amount
of time.
4. Deliverables
 On the completion of the project the elderly people around the area. This will ensure
that quality, affordable, accessible and reliable service and care is being provided to
them in the most appropriate manner possible.
5. Work breakdown structure to detail tasks; schedule, sequencing
and timeframe

Ascertainment of the cost
finding the sources of funds for the project
Forming of a committee of doctors and financial
advisor
Findign the right cosntruction of the health centre
Placing the order of the requisite items
confirmation of the order
Commencement of the construction
22/May 11/Jul 30/Aug 19/Oct
Start Date
Days to complete
6. Risk analysis and contingency plans
For the purpose of ensuring that the care is not faced by any unforeseen challenge, an
analysis in respect of the various risks that are involved in the operation of the care must
be analysed carefully and objectively. The various risk and the obstacles that may be
faced by the primary health care centre in the near future are as follows:
a) Incurring of huge capital expenditure:
The health care centre may have to incur heavy capital expenditure due to the fact
that the equipment and the stuff required for the purpose of taking care of the
elderly people are more in quantum than the younger people. Equipment and stuff
like wheel chairs and walking stands are to be purchased in large scale (Leider et al.,
2016).
b) The non-availability of trained staff who specialise in the care of the elderly:

The care that has to be given to the elderly people is way more intensive and time
consuming than demanded by the younger people. Hence for the purpose of delivery
of the same it is required that the primary health care facility ensures that the
services in this regard are provided by trained professionals (Kaiser et al., 2016).
c) Increase in the death rate registered by the health care centre:
The people who are admitted in the health care facility are of advanced age, this
means the chance of their death are high. Irrespective of the quality of the service
provided by the health care facility the death rate among the elderly patient will
always remain high.
7. Project resources required
Some of the most important resources that are going to be needed for the establishment
and the commencement of the operations of the primary health care facility include the
following:
a) Building:
It is one of the most basic needs of the primary health care centre. A building will be
needed for the purpose of conducting all the services that are to be provided to the
patients. It is the structure that will house the beds for the patients and the will have
chambers for the doctors (Dalton& Holland, 2017).
b) Equipment:
There is medical equipment that will have to be acquired for the purpose of delivery
of the quality care to the elderly people of the area. These equipment include wheel
chair, various radiological equipment and beds for the patients.
c) Consumables:
The consumables refer to the one time use items that are required for conducting
the operations of the clinic on a daily basis. The consumables of the entity include
detergents, disposable gloves and disinfecting agents (Asquith& Weiss, 2016).
d) Electricity:
For the purpose of ensuring that the equipment and the other appliances of the
centre operate properly the availability of the regular flow of electricity is required in
the medical centre.
e) Water supply:
The water supply must be ensured in the centre. It is one of the most important and
basic requirement of any establishment especially in case of a medical centre.
f) Waste disposal:
Being a medical health care centre the same will generate huge amount of bio-
chemical waste. The same should be disposed of with utmost care by the
establishment.
The presence of all these resources will ensure that the medical centre doesn’t face any
difficulty in operating in the future,

8. Project management structure
For the implementation of the project a team of quality doctors and the will be formed
who will overlook and monitor the activities related to the proposed project. For the
purpose of getting the sponsorship the various government entities and the charitable
institutions and the donors will be approached. Any additional requirement will be
fulfilled with the help of the funds that are being arranged by way of loans and
borrowings (Connor, 2015).
9. Budget
For the purpose of detailed analysis of the various costs and the revenue that are going
to be generated from the application and the implementation of the project and effort
has been made to prepare and present a complete budget that will list out all the costs
and the revenue to be incurred or generated from the project.
In addition to that the complete analysis of the cash flow statement of the company, the
start-up costs that are required to be incurred, the projected income statement of the
company determining the profitability of the proposed project, the balance sheet of the
company reflecting the financial position of the company, the breakeven analysis of the
project and the net present value of the entire project has been calculated. In addition to
that for the purpose of ensuring that the timeliness of the project is being maintained a
proper gnat chart has been produced in respect of the project ().
10. Communications and reporting
For the purpose of making it absolutely sure that all the project specifications are adequately
met, establishment of effective communication and reporting has to be undertaken between all
the members who are going to monitor and overlook the execution of the project in the near
future. For this the adequate documentation in respect of the project has to be maintained and
the same has to be presented before the team responsible in the meetings that are going to be
held regularly (Kieny&Dovlo, 2015).
For the purpose of conducting effective and efficient management and monitoring of the project
the meeting will be held after every week. The documentation that are going to be presented
include the costs invoices regarding the payment that are being paid to the labourers and the
workers who are engaged in the construction work of the centre, the cop[y of the agreement
that has been entered into with the suppliers and the contractors (Al-Hanawi et al., 2018).
The keeping of the proper records and the presentation of the same in the meeting will ensure
that the entire project is being supervised very diligently and all the requisite objectives are duel met.

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Appendix
Start-up cost
Statement Showing Statrt up cost
Start-up Expenses Amount
($)
Amount
($)
Dietitian 220000.0
0
Registered Nurse 125000.0
0
Receptionist 45000.00
Sanitizing and Disinfecting products 10000.00
Glucometer Strips 18000.00
Insurance 2500.00
Rent 7500.00
Fixed Annual maintenance 8000.00
Disposable Gloves 1400.00
Electricity and water 5000.00
Advertisement 2500.00
Total Start-up Expense 444900.0
0
Start-up Assets Needed
Cash balance 15000.00
Medical Supplies Bought 150000.0
0
Other current assets 1500.00
Long term assets/Equipment 8500.00
Total Start up Assets Required 175000.0
0
Total Initial Financing Required (Start up Cost) 619900.0
0
Star up Funding
Start-up Funding Plan
Source of Finance Amount ($)
Capital 464925.00

Bank Loans 154975.00
Total Investment 619900.00
Income Statement
Income Statement (All amounts in $)
Particulars Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Income from Services
65720
0
72292
0
79521
2
87473
3 962207
Less:
Variable Cost
Dietitian
22000
0
24200
0
26620
0
29282
0 322102
Registered Nurse
12500
0
13750
0
15125
0
16637
5
183012.
5
Receptionist 45000 49500 54450 59895 65884.5
Sanitizing and Disinfecting products 10000 11000 12100 13310 14641
Glucometer Strips 18000 19800 21780 23958 26353.8
Disposable Gloves 2500 2750 3025 3327.5 3660.25
Electricity and water 7500 8250 9075 9982.5
10980.7
5
Advertisement 8000 8800 9680 10648 11712.8
Contribution
22120
0
24332
0
26765
2
29441
7 323859
Less:
Fixed Costs
Insurance 2500 2750 3025 3327.5 3660.25
Rent 7500 8250 9075 9982.5
10980.7
5
Fixed Annual maintenance 8000 8800 9680 10648 11712.8
Net Profit
20320
0
22352
0
24587
2
27045
9 297505
Balance sheet

Balance Sheet
Year 1 Year 2
Assets
Cash balance 15000 15000
Medical Supplies Bought 150000 150000
Other current assets 1500 1500
Long term assets/Equipment 8500 8500
Bank 648100 871620
Total Assets 823100 1046620
Liabilities
Bank Loan 154975 154975
Profit 203200 426720
Capital 464925 464925
Total Liability 823100 1046620
Cash flow
Cash Flow Statement (All amounts in $)
Particulars Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Receipts
Collection 657200
72292
0 795212 874733 962207
Total Receipt 657200
72292
0 795212 874733 962207
Payments
Assets purchased
175000.0
0
Variable expenses 436000
47960
0 527560 580316 638348
Fixed Expenses 18000 19800 21780 23958 26354
Total Payments 629000
49940
0 549340 604274 664701
Net cash generated 28200
22352
0 245872 270459 297505
Opening balance 619900 64810 871620 111749 138795

0 2 1
Closing 648100
87162
0
111749
2
138795
1
168545
6
Breakeven Point
Calculation of Breakeven Sales (All amounts in $)
Particulars Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Contribution
22120
0
24332
0
26765
2
29441
7
32385
9
Sales
65720
0
72292
0
79521
2
87473
3
96220
7
Contribution margin % (A) 34% 34% 34% 34% 34%
Fixed Costs (B) 18000 19800 21780 23958 26354
Breakeven Sales (A/B) 53479 58827 64710 71181 78299
Net Present value
Calculation of Discounted cash flow
Particulars Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Receipts
Collection
$657,200.0
0
$722,920.0
0
$795,212.0
0
$874,733.2
0
$962,206.5
2
Total Receipt
$657,200.0
0
$722,920.0
0
$795,212.0
0
$874,733.2
0
$962,206.5
2
Payments $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Assets purchased
$175,000.0
0 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Variable expenses
$436,000.0
0
$479,600.0
0
$527,560.0
0
$580,316.0
0
$638,347.6
0
Fixed Expenses $18,000.00 $19,800.00 $21,780.00 $23,958.00 $26,353.80
Total Payments
$629,000.0
0
$499,400.0
0
$549,340.0
0
$604,274.0
0
$664,701.4
0
Net cash generated $28,200.00
$223,520.0
0
$245,872.0
0
$270,459.2
0
$297,505.1
2
Discounting factor @
10%
0.86956521
7
0.75614366
7
0.65751623
2
0.57175324
6
0.49717673
5
Discounted cash flow $24,521.74
$169,013.2
3
$161,664.8
3
$154,635.9
3
$147,912.6
2

Calculation of NPV
Particulars Amount
PV of cash flow $657,748.35
Terminal Value $297,507.12
Total Value $955,255.47
Less:
Initial Investment $619,900.00
Net Present Value $335,355.47