Purdy Pavilion – UBC Hospital Quick Facts

Facility	Purdy Pavilion - UBC Hospital	Service type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Coastal Health	Regulation/Legislation	Hospital Act
Street address	2221 Wesbrook Mall	Accreditation status	Accredited
City/postal code	Vancouver/V6T1Z9	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(604) 822-7121	Contact for complaints	Manager
Operator (type)	Vancouver Coastal Health (Health Authority)	Phone number of complaint contact	(604) 822-7289
Opened	1977	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Resident Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (reduced rate)
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence	No
Wait time*	n/a
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, French, Tagalog, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish, Korean, Cantonese, Swahidi, Farsi and Hindu
Indigenous territory	Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish 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, 2024)		Room Configuration (excluding short-stay beds) (as of March 31, 2024)
Private beds (not publicly funded)	0	Single occupancy	22
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	140	Double occupancy	19
Total beds	140	Other occupancy	24

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	Facility Operator	Food prepared and cooked on site	Yes

Source: Facility

Funding	2022/23	2023/24
Total direct care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.95	3.92
Nursing care hours (hours per resident per day)	3.58	3.51
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.51	0.53
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.88	0.84
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.19	2.14
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.37	0.41
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$10.66	$11.77
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 $2,071	From $1,417 to $3,974 with an average of $2,008

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

Licensing, 2023/24
Complaints
Number of licensing complaints	0	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	5	3.6	8.2	Other injury	0	0.0	2.3
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	2	1.4	3.5
Unexpected Illness	23	16.4	20.9	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	26	18.6	23.6	Other - clinical	0	0.0	0.8
Unexpected death	0	0.0	0.8	Other - service delivery	0	0.0	0.9

Inspections
Risk rating	Low	Risk score	13
Number of inspections	3	Number of licensing infractions found	4

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

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	80	83
Percent female	51.2%	63.2%
Percent 85 years or older	42.5%	52.5%
Percent younger than 65 years	10.9%	5.3%
Average length of stay (days)	807	829
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	20.5%	22.2%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	49.0%	31.7%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	62.5%	54.1%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	44.9%	62.1%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	32.2%	27.0%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	4.2%	8.3%
Average index of social engagement	2.8	2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement	46.8%	46.2%
Case mix index	0.63	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	17.2%	11.0%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	53.2%	31.7%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	0.5%	5.2%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	46.3%	51.6%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	30.7%	27.7%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	33.8%	35.3%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	66.3%	46.2%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	19.3%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	10.5%	12.3%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	5.3%	2.1%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	0.4%	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	76.6%	84.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	51.1%	35.5%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	77.5%	75.2%

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

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