Services

Home Services

  • Routine housework including general cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, laundry, ironing, changing beds, defrosting refrigerators/freezers, cleaning ovens/stoves and china cabinets. In addition, heavier cleaning such as spring-cleaning, light fixtures, washing walls, windows and Home Management.
  • Planning, cooking, and serving meals. Baking for holidays and special occasions. Assisting with entertainment preparations, hosting, serving and/or cleanup.
  • Providing respite, palliative care, companions and participating in friendly socialization activities.
  • Caring for plants and pets including feeding, exercising, cleaning litter boxes, cleaning birdcages, taking to grooming appointments or to the Vet.
  • Transporting clients to social activities and appointments and assisting with mail, correspondence, and payment of bills. Monitoring clients' safety, comfort and welfare by contacting them by phone or by making home visit(s).

Personal Care

  • Assisting with grooming needs such as hair care, shaving, cleaning teeth and routine nail care. Supervising or assisting with tub baths, showers, sponge baths, bed baths and routine skin care such as applying lotion to dry skin.
  • Assisting with dressing and undressing.
  • Assisting with mobilization activities including turning, transferring, exercising, and walking.
  • Assisting with toilet and/or commode needs.
  • Assisting with eating or feeding.
  • Assisting with self-administered medications by reminding client to take them at the prescribed time(s) and/or following up to ensure they are taken.
  • Monitoring vital signs such as blood pressures, pulse and respiration.
  • Providing respite and palliative care.

Nursing Services

  • As Community Nursing Care is generally government funded, Registered Nurses are not routinely retained on staff. Occasionally, certain individuals may not qualify for assistance or they may wish to supplement their entitlement. In such situations, we will arrange for Private Duty Nurses to provide in-home treatment, care, support and/or education.
  • For optimal health, our RNs, RPNs, and PSWs help prevent illness and increase comfort at home.
  • We ensure our healthcare staff, both in Hospitals and Private Home Care, represent our strong values and high standards.
  • We understand that selecting the right provider of services in your home or the home of your loved ones is an important decision. So as our clients, you have our assurance that our staff goes through regular performance evaluations, including performance assessments that incorporate any feedback our clients provide to us.

In Home Assessments

  • Non-medical Assessments are conducted to find clients' functioning capabilities, to identify their needs, and to determine what services are required to assist them attain and maintain optimum independence.
  • Nursing Assessments are an expanded version of the Non-medical Assessment as they more thoroughly examine and identify health conditions, levels of care required, and appropriatemedical interventions. If indicated, coordination of care with other health professionals can be arranged.
  • The In-Home assessment is done to evaluate if our client has difficulty with the daily housekeeping activities, and to determine if any special devices are needed to assist the client. This assessment will also explore the possible need for attendant care and care giving/ dependent care assistance.

Hot to Obtain Service

Certain segments of the population will find our services especially beneficial such as people who are frail; elderly; housebound; terminally, chronically, or acutely ill; physically or mentally challenged; recently discharged from hospital; family caregivers; and accident victims. Our services are available to private citizens and a wide range of agencies, institutes, corporations, groups, and governments including ICBC, WCB, CNIB, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Human Resources, Veterans Affairs, Health Canada, Indian Affairs, and the Public.

When Service is Available

Help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to conform to clients' needs and preferences.

Where Service is Delivered

We service the YOUR Region. If a need arises, we will strive to accommodate anyone who requires service outside this geographical area.

STAFFING COVERAGE FOR: Crisis and Rapid response, Maternity Leave Coverage, Vacation coverage, New Program Start Ups, Unusual Work Hours, Unexpected Employee Resignation, Medical Leave, Short Term Projects, Specialized Professionals, Permanent Placement.