Description: A 1.8 metre (6 feet) clearance around equipment is considered safest

Corrective Actions Required:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensee ensured that the play equipment was removed and no longer a risk for fall clearance.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By: September 7, 2023

Observations:

Description: Equipment is free of entanglement hazards in areas of uncontrolled motion. (Something around the child’s neck becomes caught on equipment) Use Entanglement test device

Corrective Actions Required:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensee ensured that the play materials were taken down and deconstructed. This contravention is no longer an immediate risk to the health and safety of children.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By: August 28, 2023

Observations:

Description: For equipment over 45 cm (18”) but less than 1.5 metres (5’), protective surfacing is recommended

Corrective Actions Required:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensee ensured that the composite structure was dismantled and taken down. This contravention is no longer a risk to the health and safety of children.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By: September 7, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed that the composite play structure was dismantled and is no longer a risk to the health and safety of children.

Description: A licensee must do all of the following:(b) operate the community care facility in a manner that will promote the health, safety and dignity of persons in care

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that the facility is operated in a manner that promotes the health, safety and dignity of persons in care, including current policies for Communicable Disease Prevention.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: October 1, 2023

Observations: Licensing conducted a file review prior to the inspection and observed that the last facility policies were dated September 2016. During the inspection, the License stated that the policies had not been updated. Additionally, there was no written plan and procedures for Communicable Disease Prevention.