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October 2022

Facility Northcrest Care Centre Service Type Long-Term Care
Health authority Fraser Health Regulation/Legislation Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address 6771-120th Street Accreditation status Accredited
City/postal code Delta Accreditation expiry date May 31 2025
Phone number (604) 597-7878 Contact for complaints Director of Care
Operator (Type) Northcrest Care Centre Ltd. (For Profit) Phone number of complaint contact (604) 597-7878 x228
Opened 1994 Personal spending account Yes
Councils Resident & Family Council (combined) Visitor parking (cost) Yes (no fee)
Meetings held Regular Schedule Average Wait Time From 2 to 253 days, with an average of 58 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff English, Punjabi, Hindi, Fiji, Japanese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Swahili, Tagalog, Creol, Mandalayam, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Spanish
Indigenous Territory Tsawwassen, Musqueam, and Coast Salish Peoples

Source: Facility

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 (March 31, 2022) Room Configuration (March 31, 2022)
Private beds (not publicly funded) 0 Single Occupancy 90
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term) 106 Double Occupancy 8
Total beds 106 Other Occupancy 0

Source: 1. Ministry of Health, 2. Facility

Contracted Services
Professional nursing services Yes Housekeeping services Yes
Non-regulated services (care aides) Yes Plant/building maintenance Yes
Food services provided by Outside Contractor Food prepared and cooked on site Yes

Source: Facility

Funding 2020/21 2021/22
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day) 1 3.36 3.36
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day) 2.99 2.97
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.35 0.26
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day) 0.42 0.54
Care Aide (hours per resident per day) 2.22 2.17
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day) 0.37 0.39
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost) 2 $7.69 $10.66
Facility per diem rate2 $248.24 $254.25

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

Licensing (2021/22)
Complaints, 2021/22
Number of licensing complaints 0 Number substantiated licensing complaints 0
Incidents, 2021/22 Total
Number
Per 100 beds Total
Number
Per 100 beds
Facility B.C. Facility B.C.
Disease outbreak or occurrence 0 0.0 0.8 Medication error with adverse event 0 0.0 0.3
Abuse / neglect 0 0.0 1.3 Missing or wandering person 0 0.0 1.0
Fall with injury / Adverse event 3 2.8 9.2 Other injury 1 0.9 2.0
Food or other poisoning 0 0.0 0.1 Aggressive behaviour 3 2.8 4.6
Unexpected illness 26 24.5 20.3 Attempted suicide 0 0.0 0.1
Expected death 41 38.7 26.8 Other - clinical 1 0.9 0.8
Unexpected death 0 0.0 0.8 Other - service delivery 0 0.0 1.4
Inspections
Risk Rating Low Risk Score 10
Number of Inspections 2 Number of licensing infractions found 4
Licensing Infractions
Licensing 0 Nutrition & food services 1
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings 0 Medication 0
Staffing 1 Program 0
Policies & procedures 0 Records & reporting 0
Care & supervision 2 Resident Bill of Rights 0
Hygiene & communicable disease control 0 Other 0

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Average age of population 82 83
Percent female 61.5% 63.2%
Percent 85 years or older 44.3% 53.4%
Percent younger than 65 years 5.4% 5.8%
Average length of stay (days) 496 855
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression 34.7% 23.3%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living 50.9% 32.0%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair 54.7% 52.8%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe) 71.1% 63.3%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia) 23.0% 27.9%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour 12.9% 8.8%
Average index of social engagement 2.1 2.7
Percent of residents with low social engagement 67.8% 49.3%
Case mix index 0.59 0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy 1.9% 10.9%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy 60.6% 30.1%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy 3.8% 5.7%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication 59.4% 51.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis 26.3% 27.3%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis 30.5% 34.0%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints 10.7% 6.4%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days 6.8% 12.9%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer 1.6% 2.2%

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Vaccination Coverage (2021/22) Facility B.C.
Percent of residents vaccinated for influenza 99.1% 90.2%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza n/a 53.7%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19 90.5% 92.6%

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