Island Voices – Island Talk

 Contracted Residential Care Facilities Responsible for Substantially More Hospital Visits and More than Double the Rate of Deaths in Hospital when Compared to Publicly Operated Care Facilities

B.C Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, today released a report that compared hospitalization rates for residents of contracted long term care facilities (both not- for- profits and private companies) with residents from publicly operated care facilities. “After careful review of multi-year data, a consistent pattern emerges that shows

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