Home Health and Community Care Intake (VHC) - Sunshine Coast
Condition Specific Support, End of Life Care / Palliative Care, Healthcare Providers, Home Health Care, and Seniors Services
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
Offers a wide range of home and community care services.
Home and community care services provide a range of health care and support services to people who have acute, chronic, palliative or rehabilitative health care needs. These services are intended for people whom:
- Are released from hospital and need short-term care.
- Have an ongoing or chronic health issue requiring more care than you or you family can provide.
- Have a health issue that is getting worse and you need support to continue to live at home.
- Have a health issue that is making it impossible for you to continue to live at home safely.
Must meet minimum citizenship and residency requirements.
Check website for eligibility, including info on residential care, assisted living, care for adults with developmental disabilities and convalescent care. Interested individuals can alternatively call the helpline to find out if they qualify for support.
Check website for eligibility, including info on residential care, assisted living, care for adults with developmental disabilities and convalescent care. Interested individuals can alternatively call the helpline to find out if they qualify for support.
Other programs/services:
- Acquired Brain Injury services
- Home Oxygen Program
- Adult Day Programs
- Senior Adult Day Programs
- Medical Assistance in Dying
- Home Support Services
- End of Life/Palliative Care Physician and Clinicians: CLICK HERE for your local palliative care program information.
- Swallowing Assessment
- Ambulatory Home Care Nursing Clinics
- Case Management and Community Nutrition
- Convalescent Care and Health Services for Community Living
- Home health equipment/supplies
- Occupational and Physical Therapy
- Residential Care
Most services are free while others have a cost associated with them. There is a cost for the:
- Acquired brain injury services
- Home support services.
More information about costs is available on the website.
604-984-5070 (Gibsons)
821 Gibsons Way, Gibsons, British Columbia, V0N 1V8
Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.
604-741-0726 (Sechelt)
5630 Inlet Avenue, Sechelt, British Columbia, V0N 3A0
Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.
Service is available in English, Ojibway, and Tagalog.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Health Authority personnel referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
Just the closest matches listed. Click to see more!- Asthma and COPD Education Programs - Vancouver Coastal Health
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) - Vancouver Coastal Health
- Palliative Care - Vancouver Coastal Health
Availability
Service area: Gibsons, Sechelt + show cities
Service Types Provided
Condition Specific Support
End of Life Care / Palliative Care
Healthcare Providers
Home Health Care
- Access / Intake for Health Authority Home Health Services
- Assessment for Facility Placement
- Caregiver Respite
- Case Management
- Disability
- Palliative Care
- Rehabilitation Therapy Services
- Personal Care: Bathing, Dressing, Feeding, and Toileting
- Respiratory Therapy Services: Home Oxygen
Seniors Services
- Access / Intake for Health Authority Home Health Services
- Adult Day Services
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at home
- Provided by phone
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.