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October 2022

Facility Peace Villa Service Type Long-Term Care
Health authority Northern Health Regulation/Legislation Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address 8407 112 Avenue Accreditation status Accredited
City/postal code Fort St John Accreditation expiry date June 2022
Phone number (250) 774-8100 Contact for complaints Residential Care Manager
Operator (Type) Northern Health (Health Authority) Phone number of complaint contact (250) 261-7451
Opened 2012 Personal spending account Yes
Councils Resident & Family Council (combined) Visitor parking (cost) Yes (no fee)
Meetings held Regular Schedule Average Wait Time From 0 to 789 days, with an average of 191 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff English
Indigenous Territory Treaty 8 First Nations

Source: Facility

Resident Fees for Personal Services
Cable monthly service included Yes Other extra fees n/a
Telephone monthly service included No
Internet monthly service included Yes

Source: Facility

Beds (March 31, 2022) Room Configuration (March 31, 2022)
Private beds (not publicly funded) 0 Single Occupancy 115
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term) 116 Double Occupancy 0
Total beds 116 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 2020/21 2021/22
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day) 1 3.51 3.56
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day) 3.20 3.25
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.34 0.29
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.69 0.81
Care Aide (hours per resident per day) 2.17 2.15
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day) 0.31 0.31
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost) 2 $16.42 $12.70
Facility per diem rate2 n/a n/a

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

Licensing (2021/22)
Complaints, 2021/22
Number of licensing complaints 4 Number substantiated licensing complaints 2
Incidents, 2021/22 Total
Number
Per 100 beds Total
Number
Per 100 beds
Facility B.C. Facility B.C.
Disease outbreak or occurrence 1 0.9 0.8 Medication error with adverse event 4 3.4 0.3
Abuse / neglect 4 3.4 1.3 Missing or wandering person 0 0.0 1.0
Fall with injury / Adverse event 5 4.3 9.2 Other injury 0 0.0 2.0
Food or other poisoning 0 0.0 0.1 Aggressive behaviour 8 6.9 4.6
Unexpected illness 12 10.3 20.3 Attempted suicide 0 0.0 0.1
Expected death 12 10.3 26.8 Other - clinical 0 0.0 0.8
Unexpected death 0 0.0 0.8 Other - service delivery 3 2.6 1.4
Inspections
Risk Rating Low Risk Score 11
Number of Inspections 4 Number of licensing infractions found 14
Licensing Infractions
Licensing n/a Nutrition & food services n/a
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings 6 Medication n/a
Staffing 1 Program n/a
Policies & procedures 4 Records & reporting 3
Care & supervision n/a Resident Bill of Rights n/a
Hygiene & communicable disease control n/a Other n/a

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Average age of population 81 83
Percent female 59.8% 63.2%
Percent 85 years or older 40.7% 53.4%
Percent younger than 65 years 8.8% 5.8%
Average length of stay (days) 1,067 855
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression 11.6% 23.3%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living 34.4% 32.0%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair 61.1% 52.8%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe) 63.8% 63.3%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia) 16.8% 27.9%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour 9.9% 8.8%
Average index of social engagement 3.3 2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement 30.4% 49.3%
Case mix index 0.54 0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy 0.0% 10.9%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy 0.0% 30.1%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy 0.0% 5.7%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication 48.4% 51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis 41.2% 27.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis 44.1% 34.0%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints 22.8% 6.4%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days 10.0% 12.9%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer 1.4% 2.2%

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Vaccination Coverage (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza 88.4% 90.2%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza 36.1% 53.7%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19 77.8% 92.6%

Source: 1. BC Centre for Disease Control; 2. Ministry of Health; 3. Health Authority; 4. Facility