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.