Appendix C – Bed Allocation and Utilization at Facilities that have Preferred Admission Beds

Bed Allocation and Utilization at Facilities that have Preferred Admission Beds
Facility	VAC Bed Allocation	Contract Beds Occupied	Preferred Admission Beds Occupied	Remaining Allocation
Carewest Colonel Belcher	135	81	10	44
The Veterans Memorial Lodge at Broadmead	115	79	12^{Footnote *}	24
Ridgewood Veterans Wing	80	34	16^{Footnote **}	30
Veterans Health Unit	47	34	6	7
Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building	175	102	25^{Footnote ***}	48
Parkwood Institute	141	105	13	23
Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre	230	187	23	20
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	474	376	54^{Footnote ****}	44
Maison Paul-Triquet	61	28	13	20
Wascana Rehabilitation Centre	33	32	0	1

Note 1: As per LTC Contract Bed Report September 30, 2018. Occupancy numbers are a snapshot in time.

Note 2: Preferred Admission beds are made available from the existing number of allocated contract beds for Veterans who are otherwise not eligible for a contract bed. Contract beds not being used by Veterans may be used by the facility, health authority, and/or province for the care of other provincial residents at no additional cost to Veterans Affairs.

Footnotes

Footnote *

The preferred admission agreement with Broadmead allows for 10 Veterans. Currently, there are 12 Veterans residing at Broadmead who are eligible for care in a community bed and who have been provided preferred admission.

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Footnote **

The preferred admission agreement with Ridgewood allows for 15 Veterans. Currently, there are 16 Veterans residing at Ridgewood who are eligible for care in a community bed and who have been provided preferred admission.

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Footnote ***

Since the completion of the evaluation team’s fieldwork, the Minister of Veterans Affairs has announced an expansion of 25 additional preferred admission beds at the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building (effective November 2018). The number of preferred admission beds filled is expected to increase and the number of unused beds at the facility is expected decrease significantly in the near future as Veterans from the waitlist are admitted.

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Footnote ***

The preferred admission agreement with Sunnybrook allows for 50 Veterans. Currently, there are 54 Veterans residing at Sunnybrook who are eligible for care in a community bed and who have been provided preferred admission.

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