Resident, Family, Friend and Responsible Party Newsletter – June ‘17 Dear Strathmere Lodge residents, family members, friends/responsible parties: Ministry of Health and Long Term Care - Inspections The provincial Ministry of Health and Long Term Care carries out inspections of the province’s 630 long term care homes to monitor adherence to provincial Long Term Care Homes legislation (i.e., Long Term Care Homes Act and Regulation 79/10). This legislation (200+ pages) is available on the province’s “E-laws” website (). The Ministry to monitor/inspect has “Compliance Inspectors” assigned for legislation adherence. Compliance Inspectors visit long term care homes unannounced, and will visit long term care homes for the following reasons: To conduct the mandatory annual “Resident Quality Inspection inspections are comprehensive, involve multiple (RQI)”. These inspectors (e.g., 4), and can last for approximately two weeks. While on-site, Compliance Inspectors will: interview residents (40), including the interview Home’s Residents’ Council President; families, including the Family Council President; interview Home’s staff; review the Home for safety/security and cleanliness; review documentation; and observe residents in their residents’ clinical home areas; To conduct a Complaint/Concern Investigation. Compliance Inspectors will investigate phone calls to the provincial “1-800 Concern/Complaint Line”; To investigate following mandatory reports “Critical Incidents” submitted by long term care homes to the Ministry. Long Term Care Homes legislation requires that we submit written reports to the Ministry on various matters, that include: a resident who may go missing for an extended time period; an outbreak of reportable/communicable disease; abuse/neglect; and a resident
Resident, Family, Friend and Responsible Party Newsletter – June ‘17 Dear Strathmere Lodge residents, family members, friends/responsible parties: Ministry of Health and Long Term Care - Inspections The provincial Ministry of Health and Long Term Care carries out inspections of the province’s 630 long term care homes to monitor adherence to provincial Long Term Care Homes legislation (i.e., Long Term Care Homes Act and Regulation 79/10). This legislation (200+ pages) is available on the province’s “E-laws” website (). The Ministry has “Compliance Inspectors” assigned to monitor/inspect for legislation adherence. Compliance Inspectors visit long term care homes unannounced, and will visit long term care homes for the following reasons: To conduct the mandatory annual “Resident Quality Inspection (RQI)”. These inspections are comprehensive, involve multiple inspectors (e.g., 4), and can last for approximately two weeks. While on-site, Compliance Inspectors will: interview residents (40), including the Home’s Residents’ Council President; interview families, including the Home’s Family Council President; interview staff; review the Home for safety/security and cleanliness; review residents’ clinical documentation; and observe residents in their home areas; To conduct a Complaint/Concern Investigation. Compliance Inspectors will investigate phone calls to the provincial “1-800 Concern/Complaint Line”; To investigate “Critical Incidents” following mandatory reports submitted by long term care homes to the Ministry. Long Term Care Homes legislation requires that we submit written reports to the Ministry on various matters, that include: a resident who may go missing for an extended time period; an outbreak of reportable/communicable disease; abuse/neglect; and a resident
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