Ponderosa Lodge Quick Facts
Facility | Ponderosa Lodge | Service Type | Long-Term Care |
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Health authority | Interior Health | Regulation/Legislation | Community Care & Assisted Living Act |
Street address | 425 Columbia St | Accreditation status | Unknown |
City/postal code | Kamloops | Accreditation expiry date | not available |
Phone number | (250) 374-5671 | Contact for complaints | Manager |
Operator (Type) | Interior Health (Health Authority) | Phone number of complaint contact | (250) 851-4439 |
Opened | 1979 | Personal spending account | Yes |
Councils | Family Council | Visitor parking (cost) | Yes (no fee) |
Meetings held | Regular Schedule | Average Wait Time | From 1 to 503 days, with an average of 112 days |
Current language(s) spoken by staff | English, Mandarin, French, Spanish, Croatian, Polish, Tagalog, Indonesian, Punjabi, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian | ||
Indigenous Territory | Secwepemc peoples, and the Tk'emlups Indian Band |
Source: Facility
Resident Fees for Personal Services | |||
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Cable monthly service included | No | Other extra fees | n/a |
Telephone monthly service included | No | ||
Internet monthly service included | No |
Source: Facility
Beds (March 31, 2022) | Room Configuration (March 31, 2022) | ||
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Private beds (not publicly funded) | 0 | Single Occupancy | 87 |
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term) | 135 | Double Occupancy | 0 |
Total beds | 135 | Other Occupancy | 0 |
Source: 1. Ministry of Health, 2. Facility
Contracted Services | |||
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Professional nursing services | No | Housekeeping services | No |
Non-regulated services (care aides) | No | Plant/building maintenance | No |
Food services provided by | Outside Contractor | Food prepared and cooked on site | No |
Source: Facility
Funding | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
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Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day) 1 | 3.36 | 3.36 |
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day) | 2.98 | 2.98 |
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day) | 0.16 | 0.16 |
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day) | 0.77 | 0.77 |
Care Aide (hours per resident per day) | 2.06 | 2.06 |
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day) | 0.38 | 0.38 |
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost) 2 | $9.47 | $9.12 |
Facility per diem rate2 | n/a | n/a |
Source: 1. Ministry of Health, 2. Health Authority
Licensing (2021/22) | |||
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Complaints, 2021/22 | |||
Number of licensing complaints | 0 | Number substantiated licensing complaints | 0 |
Incidents, 2021/22 | Total Number |
Per 100 beds | Total Number |
Per 100 beds | |||
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Facility | B.C. | Facility | B.C. | ||||
Disease outbreak or occurrence | 1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | Medication error with adverse event | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Abuse / neglect | 1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Missing or wandering person | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Fall with injury / Adverse event | 9 | 6.7 | 9.2 | Other injury | 1 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
Food or other poisoning | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | Aggressive behaviour | 3 | 2.2 | 4.6 |
Unexpected illness | 17 | 12.6 | 20.3 | Attempted suicide | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Expected death | 20 | 14.8 | 26.8 | Other - clinical | 2 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
Unexpected death | 2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Other - service delivery | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
Inspections | |||
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Risk Rating | Low | Risk Score | 10 |
Number of Inspections | 1 | Number of licensing infractions found | 0 |
Licensing Infractions | |||
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Licensing | 0 | Nutrition & food services | 0 |
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings | 0 | Medication | 0 |
Staffing | 0 | Program | 0 |
Policies & procedures | 0 | Records & reporting | 0 |
Care & supervision | 0 | Resident Bill of Rights | 0 |
Hygiene & communicable disease control | 0 | Other | 0 |
Source: Health Authority
Resident Profile (2021/22) | Facility | B.C. |
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Average age of population | 81 | 83 |
Percent female | 46.2% | 63.2% |
Percent 85 years or older | 47.2% | 53.4% |
Percent younger than 65 years | 6.2% | 5.8% |
Average length of stay (days) | 537 | 855 |
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression | 26.4% | 23.3% |
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living | 32.1% | 32.0% |
Percent of residents in a wheelchair | 49.1% | 52.8% |
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe) | 76.4% | 63.3% |
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia) | 21.7% | 27.9% |
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour | 2.8% | 8.8% |
Average index of social engagement | 3.7 | 2.7 |
Percent of residents with low social engagement | 22.6% | 49.3% |
Case mix index | 0.59 | 0.58 |
Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information
Care Services & Quality Indicators (2021/22) | Facility | B.C. |
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Percent of residents receiving physical therapy | 33.0% | 10.9% |
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy | 5.7% | 30.1% |
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy | 7.5% | 5.7% |
Percent of residents receiving depression medication | 60.4% | 51.3% |
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis | 25.7% | 27.3% |
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis | 27.3% | 34.0% |
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints | 15.6% | 6.4% |
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days | 9.1% | 12.9% |
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer | 4.1% | 2.2% |
Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information
Vaccination Coverage (2021/22) | Facility | B.C. |
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Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza | n/a | 90.2% |
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza | 53.7% | 53.7% |
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19 | 96.6% | 92.6% |
Source: 1. BC Centre for Disease Control; 2. Ministry of Health; 3. Health Authority; 4. Facility