Richmond, BC
Non-medical home care in Richmond
Richmond is flat, which sounds like a small thing until walking becomes difficult, and it has a large number of seniors living in the same house as their adult children — which changes what families here actually ask us for.
The call is rarely “we cannot cope”. It is more often “we are both at work all day and nobody is with her”. Weekday daytime company, a proper lunch and a walk along the dyke or through Steveston covers a great deal of that. As in Burnaby, language comes up early: where we can match on Cantonese, Mandarin or Punjabi we do, and we say so plainly when we cannot.
What we help with in Richmond
Companionship and social visits
Someone to sit with, talk to and do things with — the part of the day that stops being lonely.
Appointment driving and accompaniment
More than a ride. We park, walk in, and wait with them rather than leaving them alone.
Meal preparation, including diet tracking
Proper meals cooked in your parent's own kitchen, the way they actually like them.
Coming home from Richmond Hospital
Coming home from a hospital stay, with someone there for the drive, the shopping and the first evening. For families in Richmond this is the call we can usually answer fastest — often the same day, and usually within 24 hours.
We collect them from the ward, drive them home, pick up a prescription the pharmacy has ready, stock the fridge, clear the walkways, and stay to get them settled on that first evening.
Tell us what has changed in Richmond
One short phone call is usually enough to work out whether we can help. There is no cost to the conversation and nothing to sign at the end of it.
Phones answered 24/7, including evenings and weekends.