Island Health
1952 Bay Street Victoria, B.C. V8R 1J8 | Visit Official Website (opens in a new tab)

Complaint Investigation

Inspection Information

Facility Type

Residential Care - 400

Received Date

01-Sep-2023

Subject

["Emotional Abuse","Health and Safety","Neglect","Staffing (Includes issues such as suitability, insufficient levels, etc.)","Physical Abuse","Reporting (Includes issues such as not reporting, insufficient reporting, etc.)"]

Contraventions: A summary of the new contraventions found during the inspections are listed below.

Code

Category/Description

3000 - RCR 23(2)(a) 
 

A licensee must ensure that no one other than a person in care engages in a restricted activity while on the premises of the community care facility

Observation: Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that staff engaged in a restricted activity while on the premises of the community care facility. Specifically, staff smoked on the premises.

Corrective action: Ensure that no one other than a person in care engages in a restricted activity while on the premises of the community care facility. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: On September 27, 2023, October 19, 2023, and November 3, 2023, Licensee submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: the smoking policy was amended to reflect that the facility had a staff smoking area off the premises, a memo was distributed to staff regarding the new policy, and the premises of the facility was redefined that excluded the staff smoking area, with a new site plan submitted to Licensing on November 3, 2023. This corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing.