Publicly funded home support in BC: how it actually works , read more
Who qualifies, how the daily rate is calculated, what is covered, and where the public system stops. Read this before you pay anyone privately.
Hospital to home
Discharge planning tends to assume a household that can absorb it. The first fortnight home is when medications get confused, when the follow-up appointment gets missed, and when a person who was managing before suddenly is not.
Start before the discharge, not after it
If you know a discharge is coming, tell us then, so the house can be ready before they arrive: bed downstairs, bathroom cleared, walker route checked, food in.
Medications that do not match
Someone comes home with a discharge summary listing medications that do not match the ones in the cupboard. Some were stopped in hospital. Some were changed. Nobody threw the old ones away.
Our caregivers do not change or sort medication; that is for the prescriber or the pharmacist. But when something does not match, they flag it to our office, and we let you know.
Step down on purpose
The goal is to need us less. We review the plan as recovery progresses and recommend fewer hours when the person is ready.
Worth reading first
Eighteen questions to ask any home care agency in BC , read more
The questions that separate a serious home care provider from a well-marketed one, with our own answers to every one.
Related services
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Personal care
Hands-on help with bathing, dressing, toileting and moving safely
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Respite for family caregivers
Planned, reliable breaks so the person providing care can keep providing it
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Home support & homemaking
Meals, laundry, light housekeeping and the errands that keep a home running
Talk to a care coordinator
A fifteen-minute call, no charge and no obligation.