Bulkley Lodge Quick Facts - Seniors Advocate

Facility	Bulkley Lodge	Service type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Northern Health	Regulation/Legislation	Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	3668 11th Avenue	Accreditation status	Accredited
City/postal code	Smithers/V0J2N0	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(250) 847-4443	Contact for complaints	Clinical Practise Lead / Residential Care Manager
Operator (type)	Northern Health (Health Authority)	Phone number of complaint contact	(250) 876-4543 / (250) 876-4548
Opened	1978	Personal spending account	No
Councils	Combined Resident & Family Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence	No
Wait time*	From 41 to 870 days, with an average of 392 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, Dutch, Polish
Indigenous territory	Wet'suwet'en Nation

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, 2024)		Room Configuration (excluding short-stay beds) (as of March 31, 2024)
Private beds (not publicly funded)	0	Single occupancy	47
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	56	Double occupancy	3
Total beds	56	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	2022/23	2023/24
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.44	3.44
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.13	3.16
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.24	0.25
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.97	0.97
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	1.92	1.94
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.31	0.28
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$12.15	$13.02
Facility per diem rate	n/a	n/a
Monthly client rate for a publicly subsidized bed (single)	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $1,839	From $1,417 to $3,974 with an average of $1,896

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

Licensing, 2023/24
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	5	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	0.5	Medication error with adverse event	0	0.0	0.2
Abuse / neglect	0	0.0	0.9	Missing or wandering person	2	3.6	1.1
Fall with injury/adverse event	4	7.1	8.2	Other injury	0	0.0	2.3
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	7	12.5	3.5
Unexpected Illness	0	0.0	20.9	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	16	28.6	23.6	Other - clinical	1	1.8	0.8
Unexpected death	0	0.0	0.8	Other - service delivery	0	0.0	0.9

Inspections
Risk rating	Medium	Risk score	19
Number of inspections	2	Number of licensing infractions found	9

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

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	79	83
Percent female	52.0%	63.2%
Percent 85 years or older	35.3%	52.5%
Percent younger than 65 years	9.1%	5.3%
Average length of stay (days)	876	829
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	9.3%	22.2%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	26.4%	31.7%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	47.8%	54.1%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	47.3%	62.1%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	40.7%	27.0%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	9.3%	8.3%
Average index of social engagement	2.0	2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement	67.0%	46.2%
Case mix index	0.53	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	0.5%	11.0%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	43.4%	31.7%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	22.5%	5.2%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	40.1%	51.6%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	29.2%	27.7%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	41.3%	35.3%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	48.9%	46.2%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	22.1%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	10.5%	12.3%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	3.4%	2.1%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	9.2%	1.1%

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

Vaccination Coverage (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza	81.4%	84.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	18.7%	35.5%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	32.6%	75.2%

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

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