Sidney Care Home Quick Facts - Seniors Advocate

Facility	Sidney Care Home	Service type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Island Health	Regulation/Legislation	Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	9888 Fifth St.	Accreditation status	Unknown
City/postal code	Sidney/V8L2X3	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(250) 656-0121	Contact for complaints	Director Care
Operator (type)	The Care Group BC (For Profit)	Phone number of complaint contact	(250) 656-0121 x1
Opened	1960	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Family Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence	No
Wait time*	From 350 to 572 days, with an average of 489 days
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English, French, Spanish, Tagalog, German, Italian
Indigenous territory	North Saanich First Nations

Source: 1. Facility; 2. Health Authority; 3.Ministry of Health

Resident Fees for Personal Services
Cable monthly service included	No	Other extra fees	Hairdressing, podiatry, pharmacy
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	44
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	54	Double occupancy	5
Total beds	54	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	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)	3.00	3.00
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.43	0.43
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.42	0.42
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	2.16	2.16
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.36	0.36
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$8.08	$8.70
Facility per diem rate	$274.42	$299.49
Monthly client rate for a publicly subsidized bed (single)	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $2,267	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	2	Number of substantiated licensing complaints	2

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	9.3	8.2	Other injury	3	5.6	2.3
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	0	0.0	3.5
Unexpected Illness	7	13.0	20.9	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	19	35.2	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	1	Number of licensing infractions found	6

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

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	86	83
Percent female	73.6%	63.2%
Percent 85 years or older	61.4%	52.5%
Percent younger than 65 years	2.7%	5.3%
Average length of stay (days)	n/a	829
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	17.8%	22.2%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	25.2%	31.7%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	32.7%	54.1%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	74.8%	62.1%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	43.0%	27.0%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	2.8%	8.3%
Average index of social engagement	1.4	2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement	80.4%	46.2%
Case mix index	0.57	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	0.9%	11.0%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	0.0%	31.7%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	0.9%	5.2%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	64.5%	51.6%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	14.1%	27.7%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	32.6%	35.3%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	25.2%	46.2%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	0.0%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	5.6%	12.3%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	2.1%	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	81.5%	84.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	79.1%	35.5%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	90.0%	75.2%

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

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