What is a Continuing Care Home Type B - Secure Space (formerly Designated Supportive Living Dementia)? This environment provides a purposeful home-like design with small groupings of private bedrooms and associated spaces with security features (i.e., secured spaces).
Scheduled & Unscheduled Professional & Personal Care with Licensed Practical Nurses & Health Care Aides in a Secure Space
Is for Individuals who may:
- have more complex medical needs, including chronic disease management which can be safely supported with onsite licensed practical nurses
- have moderate to advanced dementia
- wander and are at risk of leaving without supervision
- have unpredictable behaviours, but are not a safety risk to themselves or others
- be unable to use a call system for help
- have some dietary or food texture requirements
- require assistance, supervision and/or monitoring to complete their daily activities such as:
- assistance to eat meals (including tube feeding)
- grooming and hygiene
- medication assistance or administration
Who will provide your care?
- health care aides are onsite 24 hours a day to provide support and personal care
- professional nursing care available onsite by a licensed practical nurse 24 hours a day
- depending on the needs of the resident, professional care such as rehabilitation or nursing, is coordinated by a case manager.
- medical care is provided by either the resident’s physician/nurse practitioner or a site designated physician/nurse practitioner that visits the site regularly.