Columbia Garden Village Quick Facts

Facility	Columbia Garden Village	Service type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Interior Health	Regulation/Legislation	Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	800-10 Ave., Box 578	Accreditation status	Accredited
City/postal code	Invermere/V0A1K0	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(250) 341-3350	Contact for complaints	Manager
Operator (type)	Golden Life Management Corp (For Profit)	Phone number of complaint contact	(250) 341-3350
Opened	2005	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Combined Resident & Family Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence	Yes (Columbia Garden Village)
Wait time*	From 21 to 300 days, with an average of 179 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese and Filipino
Indigenous territory	Ktunaxa 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	32
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	34	Double occupancy	0
Total beds	34	Other occupancy	0

Source: 1. Ministry of Health; 2. Facility

Contracted Services
Professional nursing services	No	Housekeeping services	No
Non-regulated services (care aides)	No	Plant/building maintenance	No
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)	3.36	3.36
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.01	3.01
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.32	0.32
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.56	0.56
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.13	2.13
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.35	0.35
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$14.47	$15.55
Facility per diem rate	$234.95	$239.58
Monthly client rate for a publicly subsidized bed (single)	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $2,442	From $1,417 to $3,974 with an average of $2,438

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

Licensing, 2023/24
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	1	Number of substantiated licensing complaints	0

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	0	0.0	1.1
Fall with injury/adverse event	4	11.8	8.2	Other injury	4	11.8	2.3
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	0	0.0	3.5
Unexpected Illness	11	32.4	20.9	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	5	14.7	23.6	Other - clinical	0	0.0	0.8
Unexpected death	0	0.0	0.8	Other - service delivery	1	2.9	0.9

Inspections
Risk rating	Medium	Risk score	18
Number of inspections	3	Number of licensing infractions found	7

Licensing Infractions
Licensing	1	Nutrition & food services
Physical facility, equipment & furnishings	2	Medication
Staffing	0	Program
Policies & procedures	2	Records & reporting
Care & supervision	2	Resident Bill of Rights
Hygiene & communicable disease control	0	Other

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	84	83
Percent female	65.1%	63.2%
Percent 85 years or older	58.9%	52.5%
Percent younger than 65 years	7.0%	5.3%
Average length of stay (days)	703	829
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	16.0%	22.2%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	21.8%	31.7%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	57.1%	54.1%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	68.1%	62.1%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	9.2%	27.0%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	2.5%	8.3%
Average index of social engagement	3.1	2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement	37.8%	46.2%
Case mix index	0.58	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	31.9%	11.0%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	52.1%	31.7%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	37.8%	5.2%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	40.3%	51.6%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	22.5%	27.7%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	27.2%	35.3%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	37.0%	46.2%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	4.4%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	18.5%	12.3%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	4.7%	2.1%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	0.0%	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	79.3%	84.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	n/a	35.5%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	68.1%	75.2%

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

Link to web page
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