Home Support

Home support is care at home to help you remain independent and enhance your quality of life. Our services help you take care of yourself, along with the support you get from family, friends, and the community.

Our services offer personal support from community health workers. They help with daily activities like: 

• Bathing, dressing and toileting
• Helping you move around or get in and out of bed safely
• Heating and serving meals
• Providing a break for your caregiver
• Helping you take your medication

Examples of services that home support does not provide include: 

• Extensive cleaning and cooking
• Banking, handling your money, and financial transactions
• Errands, personal shopping, and driving to appointments
• Yard work, home maintenance
• Companionship, child care, and pet care
• Services that involve heavy lifting or climbing

Other programs and community organizations might be able to help with tasks that are not covered by our services. 

HealthLink BC provides listings for health services across the province. For help searching the directory, call 8-1-1 to speak with a health service navigator. 

If you or someone you know is seeking help, the first step is to contact us. We will help determine your care needs and connect you to the services, programs and resources that are right for you.

Health-care providers, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, or social workers can also refer on your behalf using the home and community care referral form.

Home and community care access lines

• Bella Bella: (250) 957-2314
• Bella Coola: (250) 799-5311
• Powell River: (604) 485-3310
• Sunshine Coast (Gibsons, Sechelt): (604) 741-0726
• Sea to Sky (Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton): (604) 892-2293
• North Shore (North Vancouver, West Vancouver): (604) 983-6700, fax: (604) 983-6839
• Richmond: (604) 675-3644, fax: (604) 278-4713
• Vancouver: (604) 263-7377, fax: (604) 267-3419