Staffed nursing home
By implementing a staff-cooperative nursing care facility where caregivers elect their own directors and receive equal wages, the low wages and labor shortages in traditional facilities are resolved, attracting a surplus of job applicants with high salaries.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024139344
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-01
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-16
AI Technical Summary
Nursing care facilities are often managed by corporate directors with no prior experience in the field, leading to low wages for on-site caregivers, labor shortages, and an unpopular labor market due to the disparity between senior staff and on-site staff salaries.
A staff-cooperative nursing care facility where all on-site staff, primarily caregivers, form the corporation and elect their own directors, ensuring equal wages for all staff, including facility directors.
This model doubles the wages of caregivers, attracts a flood of job applicants, and addresses labor shortages by offering high salaries for simple work, making nursing care facilities more popular.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] The present invention relates to a staff-jointly operated nursing care facility that is jointly operated by all staff members, primarily helpers, working in the field of nursing care. [Background technology]
[0002] Traditionally, nursing care facilities have been structured so that a corporation, which is the operating entity, oversees the facility as its executive body. While various requirements vary depending on whether the corporation is a social welfare corporation, a public interest corporation, or an NPO, in principle, a board of directors, composed of directors, manages and operates the nursing care facility, with some directors serving as senior staff at the facility. It is common for the director or representative director of a controlling body to also serve as the head of the executive body. For example, a director of a school corporation may become the president of the school, or a director of a medical corporation may become the hospital director. Therefore, it is quite common for a director of a social welfare corporation to become the director of a nursing care facility. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0003] Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] This had the following drawbacks: One common pattern is to get a job at a company, gain experience in a particular field, become a professional, and then start your own business and become a manager. This is particularly common among talented individuals. However, there are cases where this is simply impossible, no matter how talented you are. Take the example of a railway company. Starting a new railway company on your own would require the purchase of a huge amount of land, which is difficult because the land is long and narrow. No bank will lend you business capital. Telephone companies are also hopeless because they require enormous amounts of capital to build a communications network. Electric power companies cannot build power plants or transmission networks. Bankers cannot start their own banks. Trading company employees' chances vary depending on the products they handle. Liquefied natural gas and missiles are impossible, while furniture and shrimp can start their own businesses and operate import agencies or retail stores. Doctors can go from being employed as salaried physicians to practicing physicians. Real estate company employees can start their own real estate companies. Insurance company salespeople can start insurance agencies. Teachers can start cram schools. Beauty salon staff can open beauty salons. Restaurant employees can open their own restaurants. Therefore, care workers can open care facilities. Currently (in the first quarter of the 21st century), this business model concept is being overlooked. Forming a team of volunteer caregivers to launch a care business is not a pipe dream, like starting a business in the railway, telephone, power, or banking sectors. It is a very realistic business model. The majority of businesses entering the care market are from other industries unfamiliar with the care industry, such as medical corporations, social welfare organizations, nonprofit organizations, or diversified businesses. The founders are often wealthy individuals, business managers, local assembly members, or other influential figures in their local communities. None of them have any prior experience in the field. Therefore, it is perfectly logical and ideal for professional caregivers who are thoroughly familiar with the care industry to run their own care facilities. However, currently, the board of directors of corporations that oversee care facilities may consist of senior staff, including facility directors, but not of on-site staff such as caregivers who directly provide meals, bathing, and toileting assistance. 1. Board members are responsible not only for maintaining the long-term care facility but also for making management decisions based on a vision and strategy for advancing the business. Improving services to satisfy customers, planning to increase sales, and avoiding extravagance and waste to improve cost performance are all crucial. Expense-cutting measures, such as keeping rent, utilities, entertainment, administrative, and transportation costs low, are perfectly reasonable and understandable. This, in turn, creates a mindset of striving to keep employee labor costs, the largest expense, as low as possible. As a result, wages for on-site staff, especially front-line caregivers, are drastically reduced to or near the legal limit. 2. There is a huge disparity between the wages of facility directors and senior staff, who are also directors of the corporation, and the wages of on-site staff. This is the reason why the wages of care staff are so low. 3 Caregivers are unpopular in the labor market because their work involves handling filth and other tasks at a low wage compared to their duties. As a result, talented people shy away from them, and the nursing care industry is constantly plagued by a labor shortage. The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks. [Means for solving the problem]
[0005] 1. Nursing care facilities will not be under the control of a corporation that is the business entity, but rather all staff, mainly helpers, working in the field of nursing care will jointly form the corporation that is the business entity. 2. All on-site staff, primarily care workers, form a team, from which directors are elected or rotated to run the executive board. The directors of the corporation, the facility director, and administrators are all members of the team. 3. In principle, staff wages will be divided equally without any disparity. Therefore, the facility director and the local helpers will receive the same remuneration. The present invention is a staff-cooperatively operated nursing care facility having the above-described configuration. [Effects of the Invention]
[0006] 1 In the nursing care business, the high salaries of senior executives, including paid directors of corporations and center directors who also serve as directors, will no longer be necessary, and the salaries will be distributed equally among all staff. As a result, the wages of nursing care helpers will double, bringing them to the same level as those of employees of large corporations. 2. In the labor market, the popularity of staff-run nursing care facilities will increase, leading to a flood of job applicants. In particular, in areas with high demand, i.e., areas with many people requiring nursing care, people will move from other areas, resulting in a steady influx of people and solving the problem of population decline. This is more effective than creating jobs by attracting ordinary companies. The reason is that, in order to get a job at a high-paying company, a high level of education and skills is required, which is common to all regions, so people do not go out of their way to relocate. On the other hand, if a workplace offers simple work that anyone can do but still earns a high salary, it will attract a flood of applications from a wide range of job seekers, making it worthwhile to relocate. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0008] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Idioms are divided into a wide variety of categories. (1) Idioms that have almost no change in meaning even when the preceding and following letters are swapped, such as "peace and peace," "custom and custom," "resolution and resolution," and "lumber and lumber." (2) Idioms that have been inherited by mistake and established, such as the "United States," which was formed by uniting states. Making one's family a friend. Natto is made from rotten soybeans. (3) Discriminatory terms that have been changed by public authority to reflect social progress, such as changing XXX to mean physically disabled, visually impaired, hearing impaired, or someone with some kind of disability. One example is changing "Turkish girl" to "soapland girl" out of consideration for foreigners. A clause, consisting of a subject, an adverb that modifies a verb, and an adjective that modifies an object, can have a different meaning even if it is the exact same fact if the order is reversed. For example, the sentence "A female college student works at a soapland at night" evokes the public image of "immoral" and "outrageous." In contrast, the sentence "A soapland hostess studies at university during the day, hoping to become a person who contributes to society" evokes the public image of "brave," "admirable," and "admirable." Similarly, even though the terms "helper and director" and "director and helper" are exactly the same, the meanings are as different as heaven and earth, as different as night and day, as different as moon and a turtle.
[0009] When the directors of the corporations that oversee nursing care facilities see the facility as one in which caregivers also serve as directors and provide direct services to those in need of care, the directors strongly oppose the idea, saying, "This is outrageous," and "We absolutely cannot accept this." However, when the caregivers working at the nursing care facilities see the facility as one in which caregivers also serve as directors and directly oversee the facility, the caregivers warmly welcome the idea, saying, "It's an honor," and "We'd be happy to take on the role." 1. Nursing care facilities will not be under the control of a corporation that is the business entity, but rather all staff, mainly helpers, working in the field of nursing care will jointly form the corporation that is the business entity. 2. All on-site staff, primarily care workers, form a team, from which directors are elected or rotated to run the executive board. The directors of the corporation, the facility director, and administrators are all members of the team. 3. In principle, staff wages will be divided equally without any disparity. Therefore, the facility director and the local helpers will receive the same remuneration. However, it is possible to pay staff engaged in demanding on-site work more than staff engaged in light desk work.
[0010] The argument that in traditional nursing care facilities, the compensation of facility directors and senior staff who also serve as directors of the governing corporations is significantly excessive, which causes the wages of on-site staff to be minimized and therefore needs to be corrected, is completely wrong. The reasons are as follows. (1) The executives make the initial investment and contribute funds. (2) The executives guarantee the debt and assume the risk. (3) The executives create a system for providing wages to staff. (4) The executives are in a position to take responsibility for management decisions. (5) The staff simply apply for, are hired, and start working at the workplace that the executives worked so hard to create after it was completed. Therefore, the fact that there is a wage gap between executives and staff (excluding staff who also serve as executives), and that executives' wages are higher, is a fundamental principle of capitalist society, and is rational, appropriate, and natural. Therefore, in nursing care facilities run by a team of caregivers as directors, each staff member must jointly guarantee the debt and properly take responsibility for the risks. If they are not prepared to do so, they should continue to accept low-wage staff as before. Directors are selected from among all staff members in order to meet the required quorum. Selection can be by recommendation, election, or rotation. If you are completely unsure of what to vote on and how, have an external advisor attend the board meetings. The advisor is unpaid and should be someone well versed in the operation and management of nursing care facilities, or a retired civil servant, politician, professor, or other appropriate person. This will ensure everything goes smoothly. This is because, as long as the nursing care facility is run according to standard procedures, it makes little difference who runs it, and unless there are major irregularities, the board is merely a formality in the legal sense.
[0011] We will explain the overview of the nursing care business. Classically, industries are classified as primary (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, etc.), secondary (manufacturing), and tertiary (service) industries. Nursing care services are a tertiary industry. The classification system will probably be revised in the future society. Primary industries are natural, secondary industries are artificial / hard, and tertiary industries are artificial / soft. Agriculture remains a primary industry, no matter how mechanized it becomes and how much AI technology is utilized. Hydroelectric power generation is a primary industry because it uses the potential energy of water. Wind power generation is also a primary industry because it uses the kinetic energy of the atmosphere. In the school business, a large number of customers leave the school each year as they graduate, but at the same time, a large number of new students enroll and replace them. In the nursing care business, customers also leave the school and graduate, but at the same time, a certain percentage of elderly people enter the nursing care market, so the elderly are a renewable resource that is constantly circulating. Therefore, like the school business, it is a stable industry with low management difficulty. Unlike a typical business, it does not require the research, information analysis, evaluation, forecasting, or marketing efforts of market trends and customer needs. There is also no risk, like in the apparel industry, where misreading this year's trends can cause a sudden drop in overall sales and create a mountain of inventory. The closest industry is the apartment complex, which involves capital investment, rental income, loan repayment, entry / exit procedures, facility management, and tenant management. Therefore, it is a low-risk, stable business suitable for beginners.
[0012] A company's revenue comes directly from consumers in exchange for selling products or providing services. In contrast, 90% of nursing care business revenue comes from public funds. In other words, the funds are forcibly collected from the public. Like public works, it is a favorable business with no accounts receivable risk and a guaranteed revenue structure. Therefore, it is a low-risk, stable business suitable for beginners.
[0013] First, we will recruit several field staff, mainly nursing care helpers, and form a team. Second, the type, size, specifications, and service content of the nursing care facility are determined and a business plan is drawn up. Third, ▲1▼Facility acquisition ▲2▼Business plan ▲3▼Loan application ▲4▼Apply for approval ▲5▼Recruit users ▲6▼Purchase materials and equipment ▲7▼Recruit staff. ▲1▼ may involve building a new facility on a vacant lot or renovating an existing building. There are two methods of acquisition: purchasing and renting. All are proposed by consultants. ▲2▼ has different facility specifications depending on the level of care required by the user, different grades of facilities depending on the attributes of the user, and different facility capacities depending on the scale of the business. All are prepared by consultants. ▲3▼ is a business loan, so unlike consumer loans, the business plan is reviewed rather than the applicant's credit and attributes. This means that even low-income earners can be approved. ▲4▼ is written entirely by an administrative scrivener. ▲5▼ is advised by an advertising company. ▲6▼ is advised by a goods company. ▲7▼ is deleted. While normally required, it is of course not necessary in the present invention.
Claims
1. A nursing care facility is one in which all staff, primarily helpers working on-site, form a team from which executive officers and senior facility officials are selected by recommendation, election, or rotation. The on-site staff of the nursing care facility jointly form a corporation that is the business entity that oversees the facility, thereby operating the facility and providing the function of establishing articles of incorporation, work rules, and other detailed regulations within the scope of laws and regulations so that income is distributed equally among all team members.
2. A staff-run nursing care facility as described in claim 1, characterized in that it recruits personnel from those who have or are expected to obtain the qualifications necessary for nursing care work, and provides consulting, incubation, mentoring, and coaching functions to those who apply, providing guidance and advice on formulating and implementing business plans as start-up support.