that the care and services described are not included or specifically exceed the standard described in Specified Care and Services Schedule; Ensure that where additional value is attributed to these factors and where the care or service is a care or service referred to in Appendix Specified Care and Services – Schedule, this value is incremental only, and does not describe the whole cost of providing the care or service. By way of example, in the case of expanded menu choices, the cost or value ascribed should be the additional cost of providing the expanded menu, not the total cost of supplying meals; Check that the factors identified have not already been captured in the cost components. Review the explanation and documentary evidence demonstrating that these factors have value to the resident and confirm that sufficient explanation and evidence, including a description of the particular care and services, has been presented. Assessment of information to justify a proposed price Step 13: Assessment of information to justify a proposed price At Step 13, the assessor is to review factors identified at 11 and 12 in the context of their justification for a proposed price. The assessment of the factors identified at Step 12 should give consideration to their significance in justifying the proposed price and the perceived level of benefit to the resident. These factors may arise from the particular business model of the applicant, the quality, condition, size and amenity of the rooms and common areas, the particular needs of residents or any other relevant factor identified. At this step, the assessor should consider factors separately, and collectively for the purpose of Step 14. The assessor’s conclusion at Step 7, and Step 8 if relevant, is to be considered among these collective factors. Assessment outcome Step 14: Producing an assessment outcome The assessor is to produce an assessment outcome informed by the criteria identified below. The assessor is to consider whether: There is a satisfactory level of evidence of costs; There is a satisfactory level of explanation of the business model and other factors in the provision of accommodation that have relevance to the proposed price, and evidence in support of these contentions. The assessor’s consideration is also to include comparison to benchmarks identified at Steps 7 and 8, were these benchmarks are judged to have utility;
that the care and services described are not included or specifically exceed the standard described in Specified Care and Services Schedule; Ensure that where additional value is attributed to these factors and where the care or service is a care or service referred to in Appendix – Specified Care and Services Schedule, this value is incremental only, and does not describe the whole cost of providing the care or service. By way of example, in the case of expanded menu choices, the cost or value ascribed should be the additional cost of providing the expanded menu, not the total cost of supplying meals; Check that the factors identified have not already been captured in the cost components. Review the explanation and documentary evidence demonstrating that these factors have value to the resident and confirm that sufficient explanation and evidence, including a description of the particular care and services, has been presented. Assessment of information to justify a proposed price Step 13: Assessment of information to justify a proposed price At Step 13, the assessor is to review factors identified at 11 and 12 in the context of their justification for a proposed price. The assessment of the factors identified at Step 12 should give consideration to their significance in justifying the proposed price and the perceived level of benefit to the resident. These factors may arise from the particular business model of the applicant, the quality, condition, size and amenity of the rooms and common areas, the particular needs of residents or any other relevant factor identified. At this step, the assessor should consider factors separately, and collectively for the purpose of Step 14. The assessor’s conclusion at Step 7, and Step 8 if relevant, is to be considered among these collective factors. Assessment outcome Step 14: Producing an assessment outcome The assessor is to produce an assessment outcome informed by the criteria identified below. The assessor is to consider whether: There is a satisfactory level of evidence of costs; There is a satisfactory level of explanation of the business model and other factors in the provision of accommodation that have relevance to the proposed price, and evidence in support of these contentions. The assessor’s consideration is also to include comparison to benchmarks identified at Steps 7 and 8, were these benchmarks are judged to have utility;