Long Term Care Services: Quick Response Unit

The Quick Response Unit is an alternative to emergency room care for individuals, ages 65 years and older, experiencing non-emergency changes in their health or social situation. In these circumstances, emergency room staff work with SWADD to identify immediate short term care options and to provide comprehensive assessment services.

Individuals are admitted to the Quick Response Unit with a scheduled date for returning to the community. On average, the maximum length of stay is seven days.

While in care, the individuals receive:

• assessment services,
• non-medical intervention,
• community-based care planning,
• nursing care,
• family teaching and support,
• recreation and socialization opportunities,
• nutrition, laundry and housekeeping services,
• physician coverage and EMS facility transfer services.

An interdisciplinary care team conducts a comprehensive health assessment to support successful discharge home.

Items for which clients are charged include:

• personal grooming items (e.g: shampoo, powder, body lotion, facial tissues),
• medications,
• incontinence products,
• medical supplies, and
• supplies required for oxygen therapy.

Information on this service is available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. For more information contact SWADD in Regina at (306) 766-7200, or outside Regina at 1-800-667-1242.