Laundry staffing at 45 minutes per resident per week is a common planning assumption in residential aged care, and it aligns with the way many accounting and advisory firms benchmark hotel services costs per resident, including laundry, in their financial performance surveys.
Below is a practical way to turn that 45‑minute figure into staffing numbers and machine layout that feel realistic against industry averages.
1. Turning 45 minutes into staffing hours
2. Weekly laundry hours = No. of residents X 45 minutes divided by 60 to convert to hours.
3. Example: 100‑bed facility
- Residents: 100
- Minutes per resident per week: 45
100 X 45=4,500 minutes per week.
4,500\div 60=75 paid hours per week.
So at 45 minutes per resident per week:
- 100 residents ≈ 75 laundry hours/week
- 80 residents ≈ 60 hours/week
- 60 residents ≈ 45 hours/week