Extendicare
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023, 2023-07 to 2024-09, 2023-2024)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed
ESG Focus Areas
- Patient-centered care
- Safety
Social Achievements
- Improved resident satisfaction with communication through newsletters and sharing success stories.
- Initiatives to foster resident relationships and address concerns timely.
- Improved family satisfaction through increased communication and information sharing.
- Improved satisfaction with laundry, cleaning, and maintenance services.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Maintain 0 residents using restraints within the home by December 31, 2024.
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce the number of residents on antipsychotic medications without diagnosis by December 31, 2024.
- Review the current bed systems/surfaces for residents with PURS score 3 or greater by August 2024.
- Have 100% of registered staff receive education on correct staging of pressure injuries by Sept 2024.
- Have 100% of personal support worker staff receive education by September 2024.
Short-term Goals:
- Improve resident satisfaction scores to 75% or higher by June 30, 2024.
- Ensure 100% of residents have their call bells within reach by April 30, 2024.
- Have 100% of new residents have their laundry in their closets and dressers within 24hrs of admission by June 30, 2024.
Environmental Challenges
- Low resident and family satisfaction scores in several areas (resident satisfaction, family satisfaction, laundry, cleaning, and maintenance).
- High percentage of residents who fell in the 30 days leading up to their assessment.
- High percentage of LTC residents without psychosis who were given antipsychotic medication.
- Percentage of LTC residents with worsened ulcers stages 2-4.
Mitigation Strategies
- Implementing various strategies to improve communication, address concerns, enhance resident relationships, and improve satisfaction with services.
- Implementing programs to reduce falls, conduct environmental assessments, ensure call bell accessibility, and assess resident care plans.
- Conducting medication reviews, providing educational materials, reducing residents on antipsychotic medications without diagnosis, and maintaining partnerships with external resources.
- Reviewing bed systems/surfaces, improving staff knowledge on pressure injuries, and maintaining current practices.
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2023-07 to 2024-09
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Resident Satisfaction
- Family Satisfaction
- Resident Safety
Social Achievements
- Improved resident satisfaction scores across multiple areas (medication communication, recreation programs, home updates, etc.)
- Improved family satisfaction scores regarding communication and services (physiotherapy, dietitian, food & beverages).
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Improve resident satisfaction scores to 75% across multiple indicators by September 2024.
- Improve family satisfaction scores to 85% across multiple indicators by September 2024.
- Reduce fall rates, antipsychotic medication use, and restraints by specific targets by September 2024.
- Reduce the percentage of residents with worsened ulcers by August 2024.
Environmental Challenges
- Low resident satisfaction scores in several areas.
- Low family satisfaction scores in several areas.
- High rates of falls, antipsychotic medication use, and restraints among residents.
- High percentage of residents with worsened ulcers.
Mitigation Strategies
- Implementing various initiatives to improve communication with residents and families (e.g., care conferences, newsletters, information boards).
- Developing and implementing programs to reduce falls and improve resident safety (e.g., activity programs, environmental assessments).
- Reviewing medication protocols and providing education to reduce antipsychotic medication use.
- Implementing strategies to reduce restraints and improve pressure injury management (e.g., alternative restraint methods, staff education).
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2023-2024
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Patient-centered care
- Safety
Social Achievements
- Improved resident and family satisfaction rates across multiple indicators (e.g., listening to residents, expressing opinions, recommending the home).
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Improve various resident and family satisfaction metrics to reach corporate targets by the next survey date (various targets specified for each metric).
Environmental Challenges
- Low satisfaction rates in certain areas (e.g., continence care product choice, food and beverage input, communication from home leadership, temperature of food and beverages, regular updates about home changes).
- High fall rates among residents.
- High rate of antipsychotic medication use among residents without psychosis.
- Presence of pressure ulcers among residents.
Mitigation Strategies
- Implementing various improvement plans to address each challenge, including educational programs for staff and families, improved communication strategies, environmental assessments, medication reviews, and alternative approaches to restraints.