Columbia House – Invermere District Hospital

Facility	Columbia House - Invermere District Hospital	Service Type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Interior Health	Regulation/Legislation	Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	1030 - 10th Street	Accreditation status	Accredited
City/postal code	Invermere/V0A1K0	Accreditation expiry date	October 2023
Phone number	(250) 342-2329	Contact for complaints	Resident Care Coordinator / Site Manager
Operator (Type)	Interior Health (Health Authority)	Phone number of complaint contact	(250) 342-2350
Opened	1994	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Resident Council, Family Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Meetings held	Regular Schedule	Co-located with an assisted living residence	No
Wait Time	From 38 to 206 days, with an average of 84 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, French, German
Indigenous Territory	Ktunaxa Nation

Source: 1. Facility; 2. Health Authority; 3.Ministry of Health

Resident Fees for Personal Services
Cable monthly service included	Yes	Other extra fees	Specialty equipment
Telephone monthly service included	No
Internet monthly service included	No

Source: Facility

Beds (as of March 31, 2023)		Room Configuration (excluding short-stay beds) (as of March 31, 2023)
Private beds (not publicly funded)	0	Single Occupancy	33
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	35	Double Occupancy	0
Total beds	35	Other Occupancy	0

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Facility

Contracted Services
Professional nursing services	No	Housekeeping services	No
Non-regulated services (care aides)	No	Plant/building maintenance	No
Food services provided by	Operator	Food prepared and cooked on site	Yes

Source: Facility

Funding	2021/22	2022/23
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.48	3.48
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.17	3.17
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.27	0.27
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.58	0.58
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.31	2.31
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.31	0.31
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$8.85	$9.55
Facility per diem rate	n/a	n/a
Monthly client rate for publicly funded bed (single)	From $1,237 to $3,576 with an average of $2,226	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $2,098

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Health Authority

Licensing, 2022/23
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	2	Number of substantiated licensing complaints	0

Incidents	Total Number	Per 100 beds			Total Number	Per 100 beds
Incidents	Total Number	Facility	B.C.		Total Number	Facility	B.C.
Disease outbreak or occurrence	0	0.0	0.9	Medication error with adverse event	0	0.0	0.3
Abuse / neglect	3	8.6	0.8	Missing or wandering person	1	2.9	0.7
Fall with injury/adverse event	1	2.9	8.6	Other injury	0	0.0	1.9
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	1	2.9	3.7
Unexpected Illness	2	5.7	21.0	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	13	37.1	25.5	Other - clinical	1	2.9	0.8
Unexpected death	0	0.0	0.7	Other - service delivery	0	0.0	0.7

Inspections
Risk Rating	High	Risk Score	27
Number of Inspections	3	Number of licensing infractions found	16

Licensing Infractions
Licensing	1	Nutrition & food services	0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings	2	Medication	1
Staffing	0	Program	0
Policies & procedures	0	Records & reporting	5
Care & supervision	5	Resident Bill of Rights	1
Hygiene & communicable disease control	1	Other	0

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	78	83
Percent female	56.2%	63.3%
Percent 85 years or older	32.2%	52.8%
Percent younger than 65 years	8.9%	5.6%
Average length of stay (days)	484	817
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	21.3%	22.9%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	16.4%	32.4%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	23.0%	53.3%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	65.6%	62.9%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	21.3%	27.5%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	5.7%	8.4%
Average index of social engagement	3.1	2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement	33.6%	48.0%
Case mix index	0.56	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	34.4%	11.1%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	88.5%	30.3%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	13.1%	5.5%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	4.9%	51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	8.8%	27.9%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	8.6%	34.9%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	4.9%	44.6%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	23.8%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	13.3%	12.8%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	1.1%	2.2%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	0.0%	1.4%

Source: 1. Canadian Institute for Health Information; 2. Health Authority

Vaccination Coverage (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza	78.8%	87.5%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	44.4%	39.1%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	76.0%	84.0%

Source: 1. BC Centre for Disease Control; 2. Ministry of Health; 3. Facility

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