St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Project Planning and Budgeting

This project plan outlines the development of an assisted living facility for St. Dismas Medical Centre. The project aims to address declining patient admissions by providing residential services, including light and heavy assistance, for patients needing rest and care. The scope encompasses operational implementation, legal requirements, marketing, and construction. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) details the tasks and timelines. The project schedule is presented using a Gantt chart, and a network diagram using the Critical Path Method (CPM) is included. The project's success hinges on construction, staffing, and marketing efforts to increase patient volume and revenue. The project's goal is to provide a comfortable and assisted living environment for the patients of the hospital, which will improve patient satisfaction and hospital revenues.

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St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Project
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Project Goals and Objectives
St. Dismas is a medical facility where the patients and injured people can get treatment
after admission. In spite of providing satisfactory services, there have been some problems as the
institution started losing the number of patients for some time. After conducting a survey, the
authority has found that the main problem that patients are facing is that there is no residential
system. Many of the patients, including the elderly people, often coming through long distances
for treatment need a nearby residential centre so that they can rest and also visit the hospital in
case of further need or second phase of treatment. The authority has thus decided to build an
assisted living facility where the patients can stay and rest for some time as required. As per the
initial plan, there will be 100 units of rooms constructed in the facility where the patients will be
able to stay. In addition, the patients will be assisted by specially trained nurses who will be
recruited and trained after the facility is ready for use.
The main goal of the project is to provide the patients of the hospital with the benefit of
assisted living in a facility that will be constructed on the hospital premises. Accordingly, the
objectives of the project are determined as follows.
 To construct an assisted living facility for the patients of the hospital
 To provide the assisted living facility for the critically injured and elderly patients
 To create opportunity for growth of the medical centre as increased number of the
patients will increase the revenue of the hospital
As per the primary objective of the project, the assisted living facility will be developed
for the patients who will need to rest under assistance. The facility will be divided into two

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different departments – light assistance and heavy assistance. The light assistance rooms will be
provided to the patients who will not require much assistance whereas the heavy assistance
rooms will be provided for the patients who will require significant amount of assistance. For the
assistance purpose, new nurses will be recruited and specially trained before allocating them with
assistance duties in the living facility. In addition, special marketing will also be conducted in
order to attract more patients to come to the medical centre for treatment so that the revenue of
the institution increases and the medical centre can grow over the course of the next few years.
Project Scope Statement
The primary scope of this project is the construction of the assisted living facility for
providing the facility of assisted living to the patients of the hospital. The overall scope of the
project include the following.
Operational Implementation – This part of the project includes the development of a
suitable operational plan for the assisted living facility. As per the initial plan, several staff and
assistance nurses will be recruited and allocated to the facility. Moreover, food service will also
be provided to the patients and the food will be cooked in the kitchen of the facility.
Legal and Licensing – Before construction and setting up of the assisted living facility, it
is important to procure the license and fulfil all legal requirements and formalities associated
with the project.
Marketing – Marketing is another important aspect of this project. For marketing
purposes, volunteers will be hired and specific marketing techniques will be used including

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development of community forums, establishment of inquiry log, ground breaking ceremony and
others.
Construction and Furnishing – This is the main part of the project in which the assisted
living facility will be constructed and furnished as per the overall plan.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
The work breakdown structure for the construction of the St. Dismas Assisted Living
Facility is shown in the following table.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Construction of Assisted Living Facility for St. Dismas
4 Construction and Furnishing 417 days Tue 06-08-19 Wed 10-03-21
4.1 Phase 1 - Foundation and Excavation
(Basement/1st Floor Slab) 95 days Tue 06-08-19 Mon 16-12-19
4.2 Phase 2 - Structure (Steel/Framing) 113 days Fri 24-01-20 Tue 30-06-20 2FS+28 days
4.3 Phase 3 - Enclosure (Masonry/Windows/Roof) 134 days Wed 01-07-20 Mon 04-01-21 3
4.4 Phase 4 - Interiors
(Drywall/Ceiling/Flooring/Case Goods) 234 days Fri 31-01-20 Wed 23-12-20 3SS+1 wk
4.5 First 45 (Light Assisted) Units Readiness to
Prepare for Occupancy 10 days Thu 31-12-20 Wed 13-01-21 5FS+1 wk
4.6 First 45 Units Ready for Residents 8 wks Thu 14-01-21 Wed 10-03-21 6
4.7 Remaining 57 Units (Light and Heavy)
Readiness to Prepare for Occupancy 10 days Thu 24-12-20 Wed 06-01-21 5
4.8 Construction Complete 0 days Wed 06-01-21 Wed 06-01-21 8
4.9 Building Ready for Residents 8 wks Thu 07-01-21 Wed 03-03-21 9
Project Schedule
The project schedule is shown in the form of a Gantt Chart as follows.

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Figure 1: Gantt Chart (Schedule) of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)
The network diagram using critical path method (CPM) (excluding non-critical tasks) is
shown in the following diagram.
Figure 2: Network Diagram (CPM Method) of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)

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