Comox Valley Division of Family Practice

Comox Valley Long-term Care Initiative (LTCI)

The Comox Valley Long-Term Care Initiative (LTCI) works to improve the care of all residents in LTC homes, and to improve the experience of care providers. It works to address the challenges in LTC and supports implementing best practices for medical care by collaborating with Family Physicians (FPs), Nurse Practitioners (NPs), care home teams, and health authority leadership to develop system-level changes to the culture & structure of LTC.  

 

In July 2024, LTCI funding from the Family FPSC  was re-distributed to introduce On-Call Availability Payments (OCAP) to compensate eligible FPs for after hours on-call shifts. The Division coordinates an after-hours call group integrating FPs and NPs into one shared coverage approach to ensure 24/7 availability for LTC homes when urgent issues arise.  

Call Group Overview 

The LTCI also conducts quality improvement work and offers relevant educational opportunities. 

For additional information, please see the Comox Valley LTCI Outreach Package  

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As led by the FPSC, LTCI is designed to support FP’s and NP’s to develop local, scalable, and sustainable solutions that target meeting the following five best practice expectations and three system-level outcomes: 

Best Practice Expectations 

  • 24/7 availability and on-site attendance, when required 

  • Proactive visits to residents 

  • Meaningful medication reviews 

  • Completed documentation 

  • Attendance at case conferences 

System-Level Outcomes 

  • Reduced unnecessary or inappropriate hospital transfers 

  • Improved patient & provider experiences 

  • Reduced cost per patient as a result of a higher quality of care 

How to Opt-in to the LTCI 

  1. Review the LTCI Letter of Agreement   

  1. Reach out with questions to LTCI@comoxvalleydivision.ca 

  1. When ready, sign the LTCI Letter of Agreement and submit to LTCI@comoxvalleydivision.ca 

Local LTC Overview 

  • 6 local Long Term Care homes: 

  • Cummings Home 

  • 592 beds, including 6 respite beds and 6 hospice beds 

 
LTCI Working Group 

The Comox Valley LTCI is supported by a working group with members from the Comox Valley Division of Family Practice, leadership and staff from all care homes, and Island Health. 

Get involved in the LTCI 

Want to opt in to LTCI but don’t have any residents yet? Have long-term care patients but need help with next steps? 

For one-to-one support to opt in or find out more about the LTCI please email us at LTCI@comoxvalleydivision.ca. 

 

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Location: 1324 - 2137 Comox Ave, Comox, B.C.

Mailing address: PO Box 30055, Courtenay, BC V9N 9H8

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The Divisions of Family Practice acknowledge that we work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many different Indigenous Nations throughout British Columbia.

Acknowledging that we are on the traditional territories of Indigenous communities is an expression of cultural humility and involves recognizing our duty and desire to support the provision of culturally safe care to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in BC.