The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate has published information on 292 publicly funded seniors care homes in the province — including 59 on 91Ô´´ Island. The directory gives information on the number of incidents, medication rates and direct care hours in each facility.
We’ve gone through the data, creating an easy-to-navigate database that will allow you to investigate specific care homes and make comparisons on certain measures, including:
• Direct care hours
• Number of incidents
• Rate of incidents per 100 beds
• Percentage of residents diagnosed with depression
• Percentage of residents taking anti-psychotic and anti-depressants without a diagnosis.
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More information on the data
The contains a range of information from a variety of sources, including facilities, health authorities, licensing bodies and the 91Ô´´ Institute of Health Information. More detail on sources is available in the document.
Care homes on 91Ô´´ Island fall into two categories: those governed by the Hospital Act, and those governed by the Community Care and Assisted Living Act. Island Health has different reporting requirements for each group: The Hospital Act facilities report incidents in a single broad category, “serious adverse events,” while the CCALA facilities report several types of incidents, including falls, aggression between patients and medication errors.