Forecast staffing needs from care grades and occupancy

Care homes forecast staffing needs from care grades and occupancy

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsForecasting from figuresNursing & care

Fits: Leaders & strategy · HR · Health & care

The nursing manager sees weeks in advance how care grades and occupancy affect staffing needs. New hires, floaters and the duty roster can be planned earlier, and bottlenecks and expensive agency staff become less frequent.

Is this for you?

  • You run one or more care homes with fluctuating occupancy and frequent upgrades to a higher care grade.
  • Occupancy, care grade distribution and actual staffing are available monthly, e.g. in the care software or in Excel.
  • The nursing manager, home manager and administration want to plan staffing needs ahead together.
First step today

For a reference date, put together only the number of residents per care grade, the agreed staffing ratios from your care fee agreement and your absence rate, without names. Use the template below to have the need and a scenario for the coming weeks calculated, and compare it with your own calculation.

How to go about it

  1. Define the measure of need and the planning period
  2. Collect occupancy, care grades and absences
  3. Have staffing needs forecast
  4. Compare with actual occupancy and actual staffing
  5. Plan hiring and the duty roster accordingly
  6. Update every month

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PF-06 · Legal status 08.10.2026