Staff scheduling for residential care under pandemic conditions: The case of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted residential care delivery all around the world. This study investigates the current scheduling methods in residential care facilities in order to enhance them for pandemic conditions. We first define the basic problem that addresses decisions associated with the assignment and scheduling of staff members, who perform a set of tasks required by residents during a planning horizon. This problem includes the minimization of costs associated with the salary of part-time staff members, total overtime, and violations of service time windows. Subsequently, we adapt the basic problem to pandemic conditions by considering the impacts of communal spaces (e.g., shared rooms) and a cohorting policy (classification of residents based on their risk of infection) o

SUBMITTER: Moosavi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature