Lynn Valley Care Centre – Seniors Advocate

Facility	Lynn Valley Care Centre	Service Type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Coastal Health	Regulation/Legislation	Hospital Act & Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	1070 Lynn Valley Rd, North	Accreditation status	Unknown
City/postal code	North Vancouver/V7J1Z8	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(604) 988-4181	Contact for complaints	Director of Care / Assistant Director of Care
Operator (Type)	North Shore Private Hospital (1985) Ltd (For Profit)	Phone number of complaint contact	(604) 982-3700 / (604) 982-3712
Opened	1985	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 1 to 352 days, with an average of 34 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, French, Spanish, German, Polish, Farsi, Punjabi, Tagalog
Indigenous Territory	Coast Salish 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)	61	Single Occupancy	171
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	136	Double Occupancy	13
Total beds	197	Other Occupancy	0

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Facility

Contracted Services
Professional nursing services	No	Housekeeping services	Yes
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)	3.36	3.36
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.04	3.03
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.43	0.43
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.54	0.54
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.07	2.06
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.32	0.32
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$12.16	$14.06
Facility per diem rate	$238.50	$240.83
Monthly client rate for publicly funded bed (single)	From $1,237 to $3,576 with an average of $2,327	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $2,560

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

Licensing, 2022/23
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	3	Number of substantiated licensing complaints	3

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	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	13	6.6	8.6	Other injury	1	0.5	1.9
Food or other poisoning	1	0.5	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	0	0.0	3.7
Unexpected Illness	3	1.5	21.0	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	43	21.8	25.5	Other - clinical	0	0.0	0.8
Unexpected death	0	0.0	0.7	Other - service delivery	0	0.0	0.7

Inspections
Risk Rating	High	Risk Score	24
Number of Inspections	13	Number of licensing infractions found	20

Licensing Infractions
Licensing	1	Nutrition & food services	0
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings	1	Medication	0
Staffing	3	Program	0
Policies & procedures	3	Records & reporting	5
Care & supervision	7	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	n/a	83
Percent female	n/a	63.3%
Percent 85 years or older	n/a	52.8%
Percent younger than 65 years	n/a	5.6%
Average length of stay (days)	n/a	817
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	n/a	22.9%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	n/a	32.4%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	n/a	53.3%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	n/a	62.9%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	n/a	27.5%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	n/a	8.4%
Average index of social engagement	n/a	2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement	n/a	48.0%
Case mix index	n/a	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2022/23)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	n/a	11.1%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	n/a	30.3%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	n/a	5.5%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	n/a	51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	n/a	27.9%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	n/a	34.9%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	n/a	44.6%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	n/a	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	n/a	12.8%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	n/a	2.2%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	0.6%	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	98.5%	87.5%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	91.4%	39.1%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	91.0%	84.0%

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

Link to web page
Go to Lynn Valley Care Centre website