{"id":20457,"date":"2022-10-28T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=20457"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:36:19","slug":"sault-area-hospital-reports-hike-in-alternate-level-of-care-patient-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/sault-area-hospital-reports-hike-in-alternate-level-of-care-patient-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sault Area Hospital reports hike in alternate level of care patient numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(October 27, 2022)<\/p>\n<p>By: Jeffrey Ougler, The Sault Star<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\" aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<figure class=\"featured-image\" data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;h=423&amp;type=webp, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;h=846&amp;type=webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;h=423&amp;type=jpg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;h=846&amp;type=jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;h=354&amp;type=webp, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;h=708&amp;type=webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;h=354&amp;type=jpg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;h=708&amp;type=jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216&amp;type=webp, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;h=432&amp;type=webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-image__image type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1029-sm-sah-quality.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;h=432 2x\" alt=\"Sault Area Hospital alternate level of care patient numbers up: Report\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" \/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><em><span class=\"caption\">SAH receives an average of 57 alternate level of care patients a day, and generally has up to 15 patients waiting for long-term care placement, accounting for approximately 25 per cent of its ALC patient population. Getty<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Sault Area Hospital has posted an increase in alternate level of care patient numbers in the past so many months, the facility\u2019s board of directors heard this week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials were told Monday there are currently 62 alternate level of care patients in hospital, occupying 23 per cent of in-patient beds.<\/p>\n<p>SAH\u2019s Quality Committee chair\u2019s report indicates 18 are waiting for long-term care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur geriatric services provide enhanced care to help individuals maintain their care at home, and to transition back to their home rather than to assisted living or going to long-term care,\u201d Johanne Messier-Mann said in her report to the board during the open portion of its regular meeting. \u201cThe goal is to ensure the patients receive the right care at the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messier-Mann said the Quality Committee\u2019s Sept. 21 meeting discussed Bill 7, the controversial legislation, which, in late September, brought new community case management responsibility and authority for decision-making with\u00a0patients and families regarding long-term bed selection and placement. The legislation allows for a community case manager to identify and enable a hospital patient designated ALC, and waiting for long-term care, to be placed in accommodation available up to 150 kilometres in Northern Ontario \u2013 70 kilometres in southern Ontario \u2013 from their preferred address, or hospital, while waiting for their first-choice bed selection. Hospitals will be directed to discharge the patient when admission to long-term care is authorized.<\/p>\n<p>SAH\u00a0receives an average of 57 alternate level of care patients a day, and generally has up to 15 patients waiting for long-term care placement, accounting for approximately 25 per cent of its ALC patient population.<\/p>\n<p>lla Watson,\u00a0SAH\u00a0president and CEO, said the hospital is working with Ontario Health to implement \u201cinitiatives that further our work\u201d with the ALC patient population and the internal and community-based groups that support their care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA hospital is not intended to be anyone\u2019s home,\u201d \u00a0Watson told September\u2019s board meeting. \u201cWe recognize difficult decisions must be made, however we\u2019re committed to ensuring this legislation is implemented in a compassionate and respectful way that\u2019s aligned with our hospital values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill 7 has drawn fire from many fronts, especially from public health advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<p>The province\u2019s stand that the legislation will\u00a0free\u00a0up\u00a0badly\u00a0needed acute-care beds in hospitals rings hollow and\u00a0unfairly\u00a0hurts seniors and their families, says Marie DellaVedova, Ontario Health\u00a0Coalition\u2019s Sault Ste. Marie representative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the onus on elderly, frail people to do that? Why are we looking at voiceless people to\u00a0solve\u00a0a\u00a0problem?\u201d DellaVedova told the Sault Star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we causing them more hardship and doing that to family members? That doesn\u2019t seem to me as though we\u2019ve looked very hard or very far to find a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The province says there are about 6,000 patients in hospital who require an \u201calternate level of care\u201d and should be discharged from hospital. Among those patients, 2,000 are on a waiting list for long-term care homes, the province said.<\/p>\n<p>DellaVedova doesn\u2019t buy the province\u2019s reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t treat any other group, I don\u2019t think, in society this way,\u201d she said. \u201cBut these are vulnerable people. Most don\u2019t have a voice. So, it seems to me we\u2019re taking advantage of their vulnerability to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the average length of stay for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients is above target, but admission volumes are lower than the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall patient numbers have a significant impact on results,\u201d Messier-Mann said, adding there were no COPD readmissions during the report period.<\/p>\n<p>The average length of say for patients with congestive heart failure is \u201cabove target,\u201d said Messier-Mann, but added that, again, admission volumes are lower than the previous year, and small numbers \u201creally\u201d impact results. Of the three readmissions, two were unrelated to their congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, a patient with a diagnosis of (congestive heart failure) is still counted as a readmission for congestive heart failure for any reason they come in,\u201d Messier-Mann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarriers to timely consults are being reviewed to ensure consults occur in a timely fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The frequency of visits to the emergency department for mental health and addiction and readmission rates are both within the target range.<\/p>\n<p>The most common reasons for these visits to the emergency department include substance use and anxiety disorders, Messier-Mann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outpatient mental health team has implemented a pilot of remote care monitoring to assist these patients in self-monitoring and accurate navigation of the system,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saultstar.com\/news\/sault-area-hospital-alternate-level-of-care-patient-numbers-up-report\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(October 27, 2022) By: Jeffrey Ougler, The Sault Star SAH receives an average of 57 alternate level of care patients a day, and generally has up to 15 patients waiting for long-term care placement, accounting for approximately 25 per cent of its ALC patient population. 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