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January 2026

Facility Minto House - Arrow Lakes Hospital Service type Long-Term Care
Health authority Interior Health Regulation/Legislation Hospital Act
Street address 97 1st Avenue NE Accreditation status Accredited
City/postal code Nakusp/V0G1R0 Accreditation expiry date November 2026
Phone number (250) 265-5233 Contact for complaints Clinical Operations Manager
Operator (type) Interior Health (Health Authority) Phone number of complaint contact 250-265-1246
Opened 1980 Personal spending account Yes
Councils Combined Resident & Family Council Visitor parking (cost) Yes (no fee)
Wait time (community non-urgent admissions) suppressed Wait time (all admissions) suppressed
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence No
Current language(s) spoken by staff English, French
Indigenous territory Secwepemc, Ktunaxa and Okanagan Peoples

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

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 (as of March 31, 2025) Room Configuration (excluding short-stay beds) (as of March 31, 2025)
Private beds (not publicly funded) 0 Single occupancy 15
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term) 16 Double occupancy 0
Total beds 16 Other occupancy 0

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Facility

Contracted Services
Professional nursing services n/a Housekeeping services n/a
Non-regulated services (care aides) n/a Plant/building maintenance n/a
Food services provided by Operator Food prepared and cooked on site Yes

Source: Facility

Funding 2023/24 2024/25
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day) 3.46 3.46
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day) 2.95 2.95
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.00 0.00
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day) 1.38 1.38
Care Aide (hours per resident per day) 1.57 1.57
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day) 0.51 0.51
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost) $14.47 $14.70
Facility per diem rate n/a n/a
Monthly client rate for a publicly subsidized bed (single) From $1,417 to $3,974 with an average of $1,988 From $1,466 to $4,073 with an average of $2,060

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

Licensing, 2024/25
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints n/a Number of substantiated licensing complaints n/a
Incidents Total
Number
Per 100 beds Total
Number
Per 100 beds
Facility B.C. Facility B.C.
Disease outbreak or occurrence 0 0.0 0.8 Medication error with adverse event 0 0.0 0.2
Abuse / neglect 0 0.0 1.0 Missing or wandering person 0 0.0 1.1
Fall with injury/adverse event 0 0.0 8.8 Other injury 1 6.3 2.2
Food or other poisoning 0 0.0 0.1 Aggressive behaviour 0 0.0 3.4
Unexpected Illness 4 25.0 25.3 Attempted suicide 0 0.0 0.1
Expected death 3 18.8 26.0 Other - clinical 0 0.0 0.7
Unexpected death 0 0.0 0.8 Other - service delivery 0 0.0 1.1
Inspections
Risk rating n/a Risk score n/a
Number of inspections 1 Number of licensing infractions found 6
Licensing Infractions
Licensing 0 Nutrition & food services 0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings 1 Medication 0
Staffing 0 Program 0
Policies & procedures 1 Records & reporting 2
Care & supervision 2 Resident Bill of Rights 0
Hygiene & communicable disease control 0 Other n/a

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2024/25) Facility B.C.
Average age of population 81 83
Percent female 68.3% 63.2%
Percent 85 years or older 53.7% 51.4%
Percent younger than 65 years 12.2% 5.2%
Average length of stay (days) suppressed 855
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression 25.0% 21.4%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living 30.0% 31.9%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair 81.7% 57.8%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe) 68.3% 62.4%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia) 25.0% 27.1%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour 11.7% 8.3%
Average index of social engagement* 2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement* 46.5%
Case mix index* 0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information
Note: Long-term care facilities are transitioning from submitting assessment records via the interRAI-CCRS system to the newer interRAI-IRRS system. Most still use interRAI-CCRS, so B.C. values are based on interRAI-CCRS. Some Interior Health sites have already switched to interRAI-IRRS, resulting in no CCRS assessments for those locations—those cells are left blank in the data file.

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2024/25) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy 43.3% 11.4%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy 15.0% 30.6%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy 1.7% 5.5%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication 40.0% 52.8%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis 9.7% 27.8%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis 37.5% 36.2%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications 40.0% 47.4%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints 14.8% 6.2%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days 20.4% 12.7%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer 7.7% 2.3%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits 0.0% 1.5%

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

Vaccination Coverage (2024/25) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza n/a 82.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza 47.8% 34.2%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19 52.4% 69.4%

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