Dog Care Support for Seniors

Provided by ElderDog

Provides volunteer support for seniors to care for their dogs
ElderDog provides a range of assistance and supports, including:
  • Assistance with obtaining food and feeding.
  • Assistance with animal hygiene.
  • Minor grooming such as nail clipping or help with brushing.
  • Transportation to and from vet or groomer.
  • Temporary care during hospitalization.

Volunteers visit with seniors and their canine companions for several purposes such as:
  • assisting seniors with exercising their dogs;
  • delivering or picking up dog food from a grocery or pet store;
  • light tasks associated with animal hygiene;
  • minor grooming such as nail clipping or help with brushing;
  • transportation to and from vet or groomer;
  • temporary care during hospitalization


ElderDog volunteers will visit seniors at home and help with basic dog care activities.
ElderDog volunteers who work with seniors wear approved photo ID and have completed criminal record checks.
If you or someone you know needs assistance through our Dog Care Support for Seniors Program, please contact us.

Website: https://elderdog.ca/programs/

ElderDog Ridge Meadows

Public email: ridgemeadowsldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Comox Valley

Public email: comoxvalleyldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Kamploops

Public email: kamloopsldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Sooke-Westshore

Public email: sookewestshoreldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog North and West Vancouver

Public email: nwvancouverldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog TriCities (serving Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam)

Public email: tricitiesldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Saanich to Sidney

Public email: saanichtosidneyldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Sunshine Coast

Public email: sunshinecoastldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Vancouver

Public email: vancityldr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Victoria

Public email: victorialdr@elderdog.ca

ElderDog Nanaimo–Oceanside

Public email: nanaimoldr@elderdog.ca

serving Nanaimo, Gabriola Island, Lantzville, Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach

ElderDog Okanagan

Public email: okanaganldr@elderdog.ca

Cost: No cost

Availability

Service area: Chase, Comox, Coquitlam, Gabriola Island, Gibsons, Kamloops, Lantzville, Maple Ridge, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, North Vancouver, Parksville, Pender Harbour, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Qualicum Beach, Sooke, Vancouver, Victoria, West Vancouver + show cities

Service area cities: Chase, Comox, Coquitlam, Gabriola Island, Gibsons, Kamloops, Lantzville, Maple Ridge, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, North Vancouver, Parksville, Pender Harbour, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Qualicum Beach, Sooke, Vancouver, Victoria, and West Vancouver

Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided at home
  • Provided at multiple locations

The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.

Pathways does not provide medical advice. If you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you require assistance navigating services please call 8-1-1.

For general inquiries or for assistance, please email us:

community-services@pathwaysbc.ca

If you are requesting clinical access to medical Pathways, please provide the following information via the email above:

  1. First Name
  2. Last Name
  3. Email
  4. In which city/town do you work?
  5. What is your role? E.g. Family Physician, Office Staff, Medical Resident
  6. Employer Name (for office staff)
  7. Office Phone

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