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  • 1.  Equipment Maintenance Costs

    Posted 07-16-2024 16:48

    Hello all,

    I am looking for a good resource for equipment repair and/or maintenance costs. I am working on a plan for a paraplegic who needs an electric wheelchair, hospital bed, electric standing frame, and accessible van. I have seen 3-5% of the purchase price annually, but I'm not sure of the source for that estimate. 

    Thank you! 



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  • 2.  RE: Equipment Maintenance Costs

    Posted 07-16-2024 16:58

    There is this...

     

    Marini, I. & Harper, D.  (2006).  Replacement values in life care plans- Empirical validation of medical equipment.  Journal of Life Care Planning, 4(4), 173-182.

     

    -Steve Bast, MHS, CVE, CDMS, FVE, CCM, IPEC, ABVE/D, EA

    Westwind Consulting, Inc.

     






  • 3.  RE: Equipment Maintenance Costs

    Posted 07-17-2024 08:58
    Dr. Marini and his team published a similar article in JLCP in 2019. This can be found in the JLCP index online. 

    Additionally, in 2023, Dr. Marini and Laura Villarreal contributed a chapter to the 5th edition of the Life Care Planning & Case Management Across the Lifespan text (chapter 33). In this chapter,  they provide 3 pages of tables that summarize their findings about DME replacement schedules for many of the items commonly used in life care plans. It is a very good chapter. 

    Hope this helps.
    Tanya

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  • 4.  RE: Equipment Maintenance Costs

    Posted 07-17-2024 09:25

    There is an updated version of Dr. Marini's article in 2019 Journal of Life Care Planning.



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  • 5.  RE: Equipment Maintenance Costs

    Posted 07-17-2024 10:47

    Here is yet another article for you to consider...

    Article by Dawn L. Cook, RN, CLCP, CLNC - "Replacement Intervals in Life Care Planning".  Journal of Nurse Life Care Planning, Fall 2020, Vol.XX Issue 4.

    Replacement Intervals in Life Care Planning (cooklifecareplan.com)



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  • 6.  RE: Equipment Maintenance Costs

    Posted 07-17-2024 10:55

    Thank you all. I appreciate the responses! 



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    Ashley Johnson
    Vocational Consultant and Life Care Planner
    ashley@johnsonconsultingnc.com
    MOORESVILLE, NC United States
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