Royal Arch Masonic Home – Seniors Advocate

Facility	Royal Arch Masonic Home	Service Type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Coastal Health	Regulation/Legislation	Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	7850 Champlain Cresc	Accreditation status	Not Accredited
City/postal code	Vancouver/V5S4C7	Accreditation expiry date	not applicable
Phone number	(604) 437-7343	Contact for complaints	Director of Care
Operator (Type)	Royal Arch Masonic Homes Society (Not For Profit)	Phone number of complaint contact	(604) 412-2451
Opened	1982	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Resident Council, Family Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Meetings held	Regular Schedule	Co-located with an assisted living residence	No
Wait Time	From 3 to 197 days, with an average of 36 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, Hindi, Tagalog
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	No	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	151
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	151	Double Occupancy	0
Total beds	151	Other Occupancy	0

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Facility

Contracted Services
Professional nursing services	Yes	Housekeeping services	No
Non-regulated services (care aides)	Yes	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)	3.44	3.44
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.12	3.12
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.35	0.35
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.65	0.65
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.12	2.12
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.33	0.33
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$9.72	$10.93
Facility per diem rate	$229.36	$229.35
Monthly client rate for publicly funded bed (single)	From $1,237 to $3,576 with an average of $2,018	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $2,067

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

Licensing, 2022/23
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	1	Number of substantiated licensing complaints	1

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	23	15.2	0.9	Medication error with adverse event	0	0.0	0.3
Abuse / neglect	0	0.0	0.8	Missing or wandering person	0	0.0	0.7
Fall with injury/adverse event	14	9.3	8.6	Other injury	0	0.0	1.9
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	3	2.0	3.7
Unexpected Illness	96	63.6	21.0	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	35	23.2	25.5	Other - clinical	2	1.3	0.8
Unexpected death	0	0.0	0.7	Other - service delivery	0	0.0	0.7

Inspections
Risk Rating	n/a	Risk Score	n/a
Number of Inspections	6	Number of licensing infractions found	3

Licensing Infractions
Licensing	1	Nutrition & food services	0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings	0	Medication	0
Staffing	0	Program	0
Policies & procedures	0	Records & reporting	1
Care & supervision	1	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	85	83
Percent female	55.5%	63.3%
Percent 85 years or older	59.9%	52.8%
Percent younger than 65 years	1.7%	5.6%
Average length of stay (days)	1,172	817
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	13.9%	22.9%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	38.9%	32.4%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	53.8%	53.3%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	66.2%	62.9%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	21.9%	27.5%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	4.4%	8.4%
Average index of social engagement	3.2	2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement	34.5%	48.0%
Case mix index	0.55	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	13.1%	11.1%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	82.0%	30.3%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	8.0%	5.5%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	42.4%	51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	26.4%	27.9%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	27.5%	34.9%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	59.4%	44.6%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	5.0%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	5.6%	12.8%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	1.9%	2.2%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	0.5%	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	86.1%	87.5%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	56.3%	39.1%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	88.0%	84.0%

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

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