Tsawaayuus – Rainbow Gardens Quick Facts

Facility	Tsawaayuus - Rainbow Gardens	Service type	Long-Term Care
Health authority	Vancouver Island Health	Regulation/Legislation	Community Care & Assisted Living Act
Street address	6151 Russell Place	Accreditation status	Unknown
City/postal code	Port Alberni/V9Y7W3	Accreditation expiry date	not available
Phone number	(250) 724-5655	Contact for complaints	Site Manager
Operator (type)	West Coast Native Health Care Society (Not For Profit)	Phone number of complaint contact	(250) 724-5655
Opened	1982	Personal spending account	Yes
Councils	Resident Council	Visitor parking (cost)	Yes (no fee)
Co-located with a publicly subsidized assisted living residence	Yes (Tsawaayuus (Rainbow Gardens))
Wait time*	n/a
Current language(s) spoken by staff	English
Indigenous territory	Hupacasath First Nation and Tseshaht First 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)	1	Single occupancy	44
Publicly funded beds (short and long-term)	43	Double occupancy	0
Total beds	44	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)	2.98	2.98
Registered Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.37	0.35
Licensed Practical Nurse (hours per resident per day)	0.88	0.69
Care Aide (hours per resident per day)	1.73	1.94
Allied health hours (hours per resident per day)	0.38	0.38
Food costs per resident per day (actual cost)	$11.80	$12.64
Facility per diem rate	$282.65	$309.53
Monthly client rate for a publicly subsidized bed (single)	From $1,338 to $3,847 with an average of $1,795	From $1,417 to $3,974 with an average of $1,868

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	1	2.3	1.1
Fall with injury/adverse event	1	2.3	8.2	Other injury	2	4.5	2.3
Food or other poisoning	0	0.0	0.1	Aggressive behaviour	1	2.3	3.5
Unexpected Illness	8	18.2	20.9	Attempted suicide	0	0.0	0.1
Expected death	9	20.5	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	12
Number of inspections	1	Number of licensing infractions found	3

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

Source: Health Authority

Resident Profile (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Average age of population	82	83
Percent female	67.2%	63.2%
Percent 85 years or older	50.6%	52.5%
Percent younger than 65 years	9.4%	5.3%
Average length of stay (days)	568	829
Percent of residents diagnosed with depression	23.7%	22.2%
Percent of residents dependent in activities of daily living	30.6%	31.7%
Percent of residents in a wheelchair	49.1%	54.1%
Percent of residents with dementia (mild to severe)	68.8%	62.1%
Percent of residents with severe cognitive impairment (includes severe dementia)	12.7%	27.0%
Percent of residents with physically abusive behaviour	5.2%	8.3%
Average index of social engagement	2.9	2.8
Percent of residents with low social engagement	27.7%	46.2%
Case mix index	0.54	0.58

Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Care Services & Quality Indicators (2023/24)	Facility	B.C.
Percent of residents receiving physical therapy	0.0%	11.0%
Percent of residents receiving recreation therapy	0.0%	31.7%
Percent of residents receiving occupational therapy	0.0%	5.2%
Percent of residents receiving depression medication	63.6%	51.6%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis	27.1%	27.7%
Percent of residents taking antipsychotic drugs with or without a diagnosis of psychosis	29.6%	35.3%
Percent of residents taking nine or more medications	52.0%	46.2%
Percent of residents with daily physical restraints	11.7%	6.0%
Percent of residents with falls in the last 30 days	17.9%	12.3%
Percent of residents with a worsened pressure ulcer	0.6%	2.1%
Percent of residents with four or more emergency room visits	1.9%	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	75.0%	84.3%
Percent of health care workers vaccinated for influenza	4.3%	35.5%
Percent of residents vaccinated for COVID-19	80.8%	75.2%

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

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