Your Safety
Everyone at AB Smith Homestead House, including patients, visitors, staff, physicians and volunteers, contributes to keeping the house safe. Our care teams and support staff work continuously to provide a safe environment.
Falls Prevention
All patients are assessed for risk of falling as part of the Providence Care Falls Prevention program. The care team will ensure additional safety measures are put in place for patients found to be at a high risk of falling.
Patient Identification for Care and Medications
Using person-specific identifiers to confirm you receive the service or procedure intended for you can avoid harmful incidents such as privacy breaches, allergic reactions, medication errors, and wrong-person procedures.
Examples of person-specific identifiers include the patients’ full name, date of birth, personal identification number. When the care team member is familiar with you, one person-specific identifier can be facial recognition.
Patient identification is done in partnership with patients and care partners by explaining the reason for this important safety practice and asking them for the identifiers (e.g. “What is your name?”).
When patients and care partners are not able to provide this information, other sources of identifiers can include health records, government-issued identification with a photograph.
Emergency Procedures
Staff and physicians are trained to respond to emergencies and will liaise with Emergency Services (Police, Fire, EMS) upon their arrival. Please follow the direction of the Care Team in the event of an emergency.
