Can anyone help me find a free sample business plan for starting a nursing home?
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I have come across several business plans for starting a nursing home, but none of them are free:\n\nhttp://www.bplans.com/spv/3524/index.cfm?affiliate=pas \nhttp://www.interstellar-solutions.co.uk/Nursing_Home_Business_Plan.html\n\nI suggest you borrow from your library the following books to give you ideas of a nursing home business:\n\n- How to Start and Manage a Nursing Home Care Business (by Jerre G. Lewis, Leslie D. Renn)\n- Seniors' Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business, and Operations by Paul A. Gordon\n- Senior Living Communities : Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and Continuing-Care Retirement Communities by Benjamin W. Pearce\n- Analyzing Seniors' Housing Markets by Susan B. Brecht\nDeveloping Active Adult Retirement Communities by Diane R. Suchman\n- Building Type Basics for Senior Living (Building Type Basics) by Bradford Perkins\n- Design for Assisted Living : Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail by Victor Regnier\n\nFor general resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Try asking at the department of human services or visit the link below and enquire.  http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Facts-About-Starting-an-Adult-Daycare-Home-Business&id=46196
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Have you tried researching the SBA (Small Business Administration)?  They have a committee of retired business owners that review small business plans and give free advice. Check them out online at www.sba.gov.
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Below is a FREE sample business plan for an Internet cafe\n\nhttp://www.bplan.com/spv/3142/index.cfm?affiliate=sba\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Contact your local Small Business Administration office.  They have counselors who can look over your business and make recommendations.  Their services are provided free (govt. agency).  Many of the persons working with and through them are retired executives and business leaders or educators.\n\nBest wishes.
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http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/\n\nThis is a very informative site from the Small Business Administration.
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Try this site:\nhttp://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
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While it may be difficult to find a sample business plan that matches your needs exactly, you should check out some other non-profit business plans to get an idea of the general format. Business plans in general follow the same basic outline, so any outline that you find that you like will work as a good starting point.\n\nHere's one example:\nhttp://www.bplans.com/spv/3050/index.cfm\n\nBusiness Plan Pro actually includes a plan for a shelter for battered women, but that's not free.\n\nFor more free advice, contact your local SCORE office. You can find your local office by going to the SCORE web site: http://www.score.org/\n\nGood luck!
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Try going to sba.gov and score.org. small business administration (sba) has lots of information available about starting a business.  score.org has branch locations all over the country and the have counselors who help guide you through the process of starting a business for free.
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I have found this free business plan for starting an inn/resort\n\nhttp://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-01/Inn-Resort.html\n\nHere are hotel business plans, but they are not free:\n\nhttp://planmagic.com/business_plan/hotel_business_plan.html\nhttp://www.teneric.co.uk/hotel-business-plan.html\nhttp://www.hotelbusinessplan.com/\n\nThese books are specifically about hotel business plans:\n\nBusiness Plans Handbook: Business Plans for Hotel and Motel Industries http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006G38J/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103-5034565-7700659?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=551440\nDeveloping a hotel business plan: a how-to manual. : An article from: Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000925JCI/103-5034565-7700659?v=glance&n=551440\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan
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Here's a list of sample business plans:\nhttp://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n\nThere isn't a specific one that meets your needs, but there are lots of plans to help you get an idea of what one should include.
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http://www.beehive.org\nI have found they have the most thorough explanations for business plan problems, and you can build your plan there.
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I suggest you read the following books to give you some ideas on how to start, manage and operate a senior assisted living facility:\n\n- Senior Living Communities : Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and Continuing-Care Retirement Communities by Benjamin W. Pearce \n- Assisted Living: Current Issues in Facility Management and Resident Care by Kevan H. Namazi and Paul K. Chafetz \n- Assisted Living : Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly by M. Powell Lawton, Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert\n- Assisted Living Administration: Knowledge Base by James E. Allen \n- Seniors' Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business, and Operations by Paul A. Gordon\n- Developing Active Adult Retirement Communities by Diane R. Suchman\n\nHere are some articles that may give you idea on the business:\n\nhttp://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,274124----13-,00.html\nhttp://www.helpguide.org/elder/assisted_living_facilities.htm
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PlanMagic.com has exactly what you are looking for  -- a business plan for a video rental business, but it is not free ($89.99 download)\n\nhttp://planmagic.com/business_plan/retail/video_rental_business_plan.html\n\nI have not seen any free business plans for this type of business. If you want free, you may have to settle with other free samples of business plans and simply adopt their elements to the business you want. \n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Here are free business plans on childcare business:\n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.doc\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/BPWORKBK.pdf\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/CDCPLAN.pdf\nhttp://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm \n\nYou may want to read the free article "How To Start Your Own Day Care Center" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htm \n\nIt covers various aspects of starting and running a daycare center including the demand for daycare centers, how to start this business, shoestring strategies, how to operate a daycare center, tips on caring for the children, income potential, how to manage your daycare, marketing your business and other additional income potential. There are so many things to learn about the business that the first step is to read everything you can find.\n\nFor in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:\n\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care \n- The Daycare Provider's Workbook \n- Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business \n- So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center : \nEverything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program \n\nIt is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/industries/content/0,,id=99878,00.html
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You can find several free business plan examples at the following websites\n\nBplans.com - where a few are free and the rest are bundled in the software they are selling\nhttp://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n\nMOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
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The best routes to take are to research the process of starting a business as well as the industry you're interested in.\n\nAssociations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links. \n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\n* Pocket Guide to Home Health Care by Karen McGough Monks\n* Handbook of Home Health Standards and Documentation -- Guidelines for Reimbursement by T. M. Marrelli\n* Handbook of Home Health Orientation by T. M. Marrelli\n* Manual of Home Health Nursing Procedures by Robyn Rice\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!