George Pearson Centre – Seniors Advocate

Facility	George Pearson Centre	Service Type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Coastal Health	Regulation/Legislation	Hospital Act
Street address	700 West 57th Ave.	Accreditation status	Accredited
City/postal code	Vancouver/V6P1S1	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(604) 321-3231	Contact for complaints	Manager
Operator (Type)	Vancouver Coastal Health (Health Authority)	Phone number of complaint contact	(604) 322-8308
Opened	1952	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Resident Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Meetings held	Regular Schedule	Co-located with an assisted living residence	No
Wait Time	From 5 to 175 days, with an average of 33 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Tagalog, French, Punjabi
Indigenous Territory	Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish peoples

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

Resident Fees for Personal Services
Cable monthly service included	Yes	Other extra fees	n/a
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	52
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	77	Double Occupancy	8
Total beds	77	Other Occupancy	3

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)	5.50	4.79
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	4.87	4.22
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	1.38	1.08
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	1.12	1.10
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.37	2.04
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.63	0.57
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$12.16	$9.83
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 $1,634	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $1,681

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

Licensing, 2022/23
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	0.9	Medication error with adverse event	23	29.9	0.3
Abuse / neglect	1	1.3	0.8	Missing or wandering person	2	2.6	0.7
Fall with injury/adverse event	12	15.6	8.6	Other injury	5	6.5	1.9
Food or other poisoning	8	10.4	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	40	51.9	3.7
Unexpected Illness	80	103.9	21.0	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	5	6.5	25.5	Other - clinical	3	3.9	0.8
Unexpected death	1	1.3	0.7	Other - service delivery	5	6.5	0.7

Inspections
Risk Rating	Medium	Risk Score	19
Number of Inspections	8	Number of licensing infractions found	10

Licensing Infractions
Licensing	1	Nutrition & food services	0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings	1	Medication	1
Staffing	1	Program	0
Policies & procedures	3	Records & reporting	1
Care & supervision	2	Resident Bill of Rights	0
Hygiene & communicable disease control	0	Other	0

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	60	83
Percent female	19.9%	63.3%
Percent 85 years or older	0.0%	52.8%
Percent younger than 65 years	59.5%	5.6%
Average length of stay (days)	3,065	817
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	10.0%	22.9%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	57.5%	32.4%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	92.9%	53.3%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	3.6%	62.9%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	30.7%	27.5%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	1.4%	8.4%
Average index of social engagement	2.9	2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement	36.1%	48.0%
Case mix index	0.86	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	27.9%	11.1%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	50.4%	30.3%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	5.7%	5.5%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	48.2%	51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	25.6%	27.9%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	31.1%	34.9%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	75.0%	44.6%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	18.2%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	2.1%	12.8%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	9.4%	2.2%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	8.8%	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	82.3%	87.5%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	55.0%	39.1%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	87.0%	84.0%

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

Link to web page
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