AgeCare Bow Crest (5927 Bowness Rd NW, Calgary) is a continuing care facility in Alberta. The home provides round-the-clock nurse care for patients with complex medical needs or advanced stages of cognitive impairment. AgeCare Bow Crest has a capacity of approximately 150 units.
Our research team at Good Caring Canada evaluates AgeCare Bow Crest from three angles: performance indicators, demographic profile, and inspection reports.
Table of Contents:
- Performance Indicators for AgeCare Bow Crest
- Demographic Profile of AgeCare Bow Crest
- Inspection Reports for AgeCare Bow Crest
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Performance Indicators for AgeCare Bow Crest
Performance indicators provide a quantitative perspective to the appropriateness and effectiveness of care practices of a long-term care home.
Our research team at Good Caring Canada has compiled data from the Resident Assessment Instrument (interRAI), a standardized assessment tool, to help you assess the care quality of AgeCare Bow Crest.
- 💊 Potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics is measured by the percentage of residents taking antipsychotic drugs, without a diagnosis of psychosis
- 🔒 Potentially excessive use of physical restraints is measured by the percentage of residents in daily physical restraints
- 🤕 Fall risk is measured by the percentage of residents who fell in the 30 days leading up to the date of their quarterly clinical assessment
- 🦽 Worsened physical functioning is measured by the net percentage of residents who worsened or remained dependent in transferring and locomotion
- 🩹 Worsened pressure ulcers is measured by the percentage of residents whose pressure ulcers worsened since the previous assessment
- 😣 Pain is measured by the percentage of residents who report to have moderate daily pain or horrible/excruciating pain at any frequency
- ☹️ Worsened depressive mood is measured by the percentage of residents whose symptoms of depression worsened since the previous assessment
Demographic Profile of AgeCare Bow Crest
Our research team at Good Caring Canada has compiled data on three important demographic attributes to help you assess the profile of AgeCare Bow Crest.
When evaluating a long-term care home, it is important to consider its demographic profile. A facility’s gender ratio and age distribution can influence the availability and type of social activities, while the prevalence of dementia can be particularly relevant for individuals with or without similar conditions.
Inspection Reports for AgeCare Bow Crest
The Government of Alberta establishes quality standards for long-term care facilities through a balance of mechanisms, including legislation and standards. AgeCare Bow Crest is required to comply to the Continuing Care Health Service Standards and Accommodation Standards.
🔍 September 2023
On September 21, 2023, a CCHSS audit was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The audit identified several areas of non-compliance, including issues related to the review of restraint use (Sub-Standards 16.5, 16.4, 16.3, and 16.1), the implementation of policies regarding restraint use (Sub-Standard 10.1), and the review and documentation of the client’s care plan (Sub-Standard 1.8).
🔍 June 2023
On June 8, 2023, an inspection under the Accommodation Standard was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The inspection found the facility to be non-compliant in several areas, including therapeutic tub temperature checks (Sub-Standard 21.4), maintaining safe water temperatures (Sub-Standard 21.1), and incident reporting (Sub-Standard 18.4).
✅ August 2022
On August 29, 2022, a Quality Monitoring Visit under Public Health was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The facility was found to be compliant with all relevant public health standards during this visit.
On August 10, 2022, a complaint investigation was conducted under the Accommodation Standard at AgeCare Bow Crest. The facility was found to be compliant with the standards being assessed.
🔍 March 2022
On March 3, 2022, an inspection under the Accommodation Standard was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The inspection found the facility to be non-compliant in the areas of preventative and corrective maintenance (Sub-Standard 3.2) and maintaining accommodation in a safe condition (Sub-Standard 2.1).
🔍 January 2022
On January 12, 2022, a Quality Monitoring Visit under Public Health took place at AgeCare Bow Crest. The facility was found to be non-compliant with the standards related to staff contingency planning.
✅ April 2021
On April 8, 2021, a Quality Monitoring Visit under Public Health was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The facility was found to be compliant with all relevant public health standards during this visit.
✅ December 2020
On December 4, 2020, a Quality Monitoring Visit under Public Health was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The facility was found to be compliant with all relevant health standards during this visit.
✅ November 2020
On November 13, 2020, a Quality Monitoring Visit under Public Health took place at AgeCare Bow Crest. The facility was found to be compliant with the standards being assessed.
✅ August 2020
In August 2020, AgeCare Bow Crest underwent two Quality Monitoring Visits under Public Health. The first visit on August 13, 2020, and the second on August 31, 2020, both found the facility to be compliant with all relevant public health standards.
🔍 December 2018
On December 4, 2018, a CCHSS audit was conducted at AgeCare Bow Crest. The audit identified several areas of non-compliance, including issues related to secure space usage (Sub-Standard 16.6), documentation and implementation of restraint use policies (Sub-Standards 16.5, 16.4, 16.3, and 16.1), medication management policies (Sub-Standard 12.1), infection prevention and control procedures (Sub-Standard 11.1), managed risk agreements (Sub-Standard 10.1), staff training policies (Sub-Standards 9.3 and 9.2), and the review and documentation of the client’s care plan (Sub-Standard 1.8).