Chronic Health Facility
General Information for the Chronic Health Facility entry in Pre acute living situation field.
Use the "chronic health" entry for patients coming from any part of
- Deer Lodge - except PCH part, code that as PCH
- Riverview - except PCH part, code that as PCH
- St. Amant
- any hospice, though these should obviously be rare
- Selkirk Mental Health Centre
Living in a PCH is relevant to generating the Overstay colour.
If a patient's discharge to a Chronic Health Facility is delayed, you might be able to code Awaiting/delayed transfer to long-term care/PCH.
For information about ambiguous cases, see Care levels in the community.