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..6Community Services and residents over 65 were placed by the Department ofHealth. There was atleast one private pay.Each staff member looked after all the residents in their unit regardless of which Departmentprovided the funding. Unti12004, there was no difference in what the Department ofHealth and theDepartment of Community Services would pay. In January of 2005, the Department of Healthincreased the amount of funding for the purpose of increasing the wages of staff looking afterresidents placed by that Department. The Department ofCommunity Services did not at that timegive an equivalent increase. Ms. Cormier testified that there were only two units that had bothCommunity Services staffand Department ofHealth staffand it did not cause any problems.2010 NSSC 252 (CanLII)Ms. Cormier testified she ran the day-to-day operation ofall four properties. She had been payingthe day-to-day bills but after Mr. Nordqvist became involved she had no role in the financialmanagement other than submitting time and arranging for the payroll to be done. Ms. Cormiercontinued to write cheques for things that the residents needed.At the beginning, Ms. Cormier said that she had a company credit card and a cheque book. Shewould often write cheques for cash which was used to buy comfort needs for the residence. Shewould provide all cheque stubs to Mr. Nordqvist. At one point, this practice was changed and thecheque books were then kept in the possession ofMr. Nordqvist.One of the biggest challenges that Ms. Cormier had was finding live-in staff. There was a bigturnover. Staffing took over half of her time. She often talked to the Nordqvists about staffingmatters.Initially Ms. Cormier used space at the Company's property on Pepperell Street for her office. Shesubsequently recoIIL.'Ilended to the Nordqvists that the Company rent space in pari of premises inDartmouth known as Unit2 at that was occupied byJennifer Allan Interiors. TheNordqvists agreed.