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Wascana House

Facility Type: Residential Care - 400

Follow-Up

December 13, 2023
Score & Grade: 0 Grade:
Contraventions:
A summary of the new or corrected contraventions found during the inspections are listed below.
Code
Category/Description
3000 - RCR 17
Description: A licensee must ensure that water accessible to a person in care, from any source, is not heated to more than 49° Celsius.
Corrective Actions Required:
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing measured the temperature of the water in two bathrooms and the kitchen and the water did not exceed 49 degrees Celsius on all three taps.
Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.
To Be Corrected By:
Observations:
3000 - RCR 30(b)
Description: A licensee must ensure that all bathrooms have slip resistant material on the bottom of each bathtub and shower,
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that all bathrooms have slip resistant material on the bottom of each bathtub and shower.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 7, 2024
Observations: Licensing toured the facility and one bathroom did not have slip resistant material available for the bathtub.
3070 - RCR 77.1(1)(b)
Description: Subject to subsections (2) to (4), a licensee must keep, for each person in care, a record showing the following information: in the case of an adult, the consent for that person in care to be admitted or to continue to be accommodated in the community care facility, given in accordance with section 21 or 22 of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act or section 50.1 of this regulation, as applicable
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that for each person in care, has a record of consent for that person in care to be admitted in accordance with section 21 or 22 of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 7, 2024
Observations: Licensing audited the charts of two person's in care. One person in care was missing a consent for that person in care to be admitted to the community care facility given in accordance with section 21 or 22 of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act.
3070 - RCR 83(4)(a)
Description: Subject to subsection (5), a licensee, other than a licensee who provides a type of care described as Hospice, must ensure that each person in care is weighed at least once each month,
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that each person in care is weighed at least once a month.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 7, 2024
Observations: Licensing audited the charts of two person's in care. One person in care was missing a record of weight for April 2023. One person in care was missing a record of weight for March and April 2023.
3090 - RCR 55(1)(a)(i)
Description: A licensee, other than a licensee who provides a type of care described as Hospice, must provide persons in care, without charge, with an ongoing planned program of physical, social and recreational activities suitable to the needs of the persons in care
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure there is an ongoing planned program of physical, social, and recreational activities suitable to the needs of person in care.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 7, 2024
Observations: Licensing audited the program of activities for all persons in care and there was no ongoing planned program of activities.