Table 2.
Tentative plan for a Community-Integrated Intermediary Care (CIIC) short-term stay at a respite care facility for older persons.
| Type of staff | Number of staff | Function and services |
| Auxiliary nursesa | 2 | CIIC facility duty; coordination (arranging and scheduling screening and training), technical training of family caregiver for specific care needs, functional training to prevent a need for care |
| Nurse assistants | 2 | CIIC facility duty, care of older adults staying at the CIIC (meals, laundry, beds, and personal care), providing technical training for the family caregiver to provide specific care needs |
| Volunteers | 30 | Helping with the training of caregivers, social marketing of the CIIC to the community, psychosocial support, assistance with functional training, assisting CIIC staff |
aThese nurses are employed by this research project and are not seconded from the health system.