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October 2022

Facility Louis Brier Home and Hospital Service Type Long-Term Care
Health authority Vancouver Coastal Health Regulation/Legislation Hospital Act & Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address 1055 West 41st Ave Accreditation status Accredited
City/postal code Vancouver Accreditation expiry date May 2022
Phone number (604) 261-9376 Contact for complaints Quality and Risk Manager
Operator (Type) Jewish Home for the Aged of BC (Not For Profit) Phone number of complaint contact (604) 267-4698
Opened 1979 Personal spending account Yes
Councils Resident Council, Family Council Visitor parking (cost) No
Meetings held Regular Schedule Average Wait Time From 5 to 413 days, with an average of 48 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff English, Hebrew, Tagalog, Mandarin, Hungarian, Russian, French, Romanian
Indigenous Territory Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish peoples

Source: Facility

Resident Fees for Personal Services
Cable monthly service included No Other extra fees n/a
Telephone monthly service included No
Internet monthly service included Yes

Source: Facility

Beds (March 31, 2022) Room Configuration (March 31, 2022)
Private beds (not publicly funded) 0 Single Occupancy 149
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term) 215 Double Occupancy 33
Total beds 215 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 2020/21 2021/22
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day) 1 3.36 3.36
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day) 3.00 3.00
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.35 0.35
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.58 0.58
Care Aide (hours per resident per day) 2.07 2.08
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day) 0.36 0.36
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost) 2 $12.14 $12.59
Facility per diem rate2 $260.50 $266.17

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

Licensing (2021/22)
Complaints, 2021/22
Number of licensing complaints 5 Number substantiated licensing complaints 2
Incidents, 2021/22 Total
Number
Per 100 beds Total
Number
Per 100 beds
Facility B.C. Facility B.C.
Disease outbreak or occurrence 1 0.5 0.8 Medication error with adverse event 0 0.0 0.3
Abuse / neglect 2 0.9 1.3 Missing or wandering person 2 0.9 1.0
Fall with injury / Adverse event 16 7.4 9.2 Other injury 1 0.5 2.0
Food or other poisoning 0 0.0 0.1 Aggressive behaviour 34 15.8 4.6
Unexpected illness 51 23.7 20.3 Attempted suicide 0 0.0 0.1
Expected death 93 43.3 26.8 Other - clinical 11 5.1 0.8
Unexpected death 1 0.5 0.8 Other - service delivery 1 0.5 1.4
Inspections
Risk Rating Low Risk Score 8
Number of Inspections 16 Number of licensing infractions found 10
Licensing Infractions
Licensing 0 Nutrition & food services 0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings 4 Medication 0
Staffing 0 Program 0
Policies & procedures 2 Records & reporting 2
Care & supervision 2 Resident Bill of Rights 0
Hygiene & communicable disease control 0 Other 0

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Average age of population 84 83
Percent female 61.9% 63.2%
Percent 85 years or older 51.7% 53.4%
Percent younger than 65 years 3.9% 5.8%
Average length of stay (days) 1,511 855
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression 18.9% 23.3%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living 40.1% 32.0%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair 54.8% 52.8%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe) 54.4% 63.3%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia) 35.4% 27.9%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour 15.1% 8.8%
Average index of social engagement 3.1 2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement 38.4% 49.3%
Case mix index 0.65 0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy 20.0% 10.9%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy 55.8% 30.1%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy 9.2% 5.7%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication 50.0% 51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis 31.7% 27.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis 34.5% 34.0%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints 5.1% 6.4%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days 11.8% 12.9%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer 3.6% 2.2%

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Vaccination Coverage (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza 96.7% 90.2%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza n/a 53.7%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19 100.0% 92.6%

Source: 1. BC Centre for Disease Control; 2. Ministry of Health; 3. Health Authority; 4. Facility