Evergreen Extended Care – Powell River Hospital Quick Facts

Facility	Evergreen Extended Care - Powell River Hospital	Service type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Coastal Health	Regulation/Legislation	Hospital Act
Street address	4970 Joyce Ave.	Accreditation status	Accredited
City/postal code	Powell River/V8A5P2	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(604) 485-2208	Contact for complaints	Manager / Residential Care Coordinator
Operator (type)	Vancouver Coastal Health (Health Authority)	Phone number of complaint contact	(604) 485-3237
Opened	1980	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Resident Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence	No
Wait time*	n/a
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, Dutch, Russian, Italian, Filipino, French
Indigenous territory	Tla'amin Nation

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

Resident Fees for Personal Services
Cable monthly service included	No	Other extra fees	Personal Care fee for personal items
Telephone monthly service included	No
Internet monthly service included	No

Source: Facility

Beds (as of March 31, 2024)		Room Configuration (excluding short-stay beds) (as of March 31, 2024)
Private beds (not publicly funded)	0	Single occupancy	6
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	75	Double occupancy	4
Total beds	75	Other occupancy	15

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Facility

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

Source: Facility

Funding	2022/23	2023/24
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.38	3.38
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	2.95	2.95
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.60	0.60
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.42	0.42
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	1.93	1.93
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.43	0.43
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$10.93	$12.50
Facility per diem rate	n/a	n/a
Monthly client rate for a publicly subsidized bed (single)	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $2,090	From $1,417 to $3,974 with an average of $2,096

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

Licensing, 2023/24
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	0	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	0.5	Medication error with adverse event	2	2.7	0.2
Abuse / neglect	0	0.0	0.9	Missing or wandering person	4	5.3	1.1
Fall with injury/adverse event	5	6.7	8.2	Other injury	1	1.3	2.3
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	1	1.3	3.5
Unexpected Illness	0	0.0	20.9	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	27	36.0	23.6	Other - clinical	0	0.0	0.8
Unexpected death	1	1.3	0.8	Other - service delivery	1	1.3	0.9

Inspections
Risk rating	Medium	Risk score	20
Number of inspections	8	Number of licensing infractions found	9

Licensing Infractions
Licensing	0	Nutrition & food services	0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings	1	Medication	0
Staffing	4	Program	0
Policies & procedures	1	Records & reporting	1
Care & supervision	2	Resident Bill of Rights	0
Hygiene & communicable disease control	0	Other	0

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	85	83
Percent female	64.1%	63.2%
Percent 85 years or older	60.2%	52.5%
Percent younger than 65 years	3.0%	5.3%
Average length of stay (days)	n/a	829
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	16.3%	22.2%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	42.5%	31.7%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	68.0%	54.1%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	56.2%	62.1%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	38.6%	27.0%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	9.8%	8.3%
Average index of social engagement	2.7	2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement	46.4%	46.2%
Case mix index	0.59	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	1.3%	11.0%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	0.7%	31.7%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	0.7%	5.2%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	57.5%	51.6%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	34.8%	27.7%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	37.8%	35.3%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	57.5%	46.2%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	35.1%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	6.8%	12.3%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	0.0%	2.1%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	0.0%	1.1%

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

Vaccination Coverage (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza	86.7%	84.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	18.6%	35.5%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	76.9%	75.2%

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

Link to web page
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