Meet some of our caregivers.
Every Salve caregiver is trained, named, and matched to your family on purpose. We're a small team across BC's Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Here are a few of the caregivers on our team.
Caregiver
Sweet, HCA
Sweet has been with Salve since September 2023, with three years caregiving overall. Before this she'd been a business-marketing graduate back home, then a chef by profession, then a stint in the accounting department of an immigration company until eight hours a day at a screen burned her out. She's a licensed Health Care Assistant. Most of her work is with seniors and with clients recovering from surgery: the daily tasks, mobility, the small things that add up to feeling safe at home. Meals and the rhythm of someone's day are where she puts the most care. Off shift she's a homebody. She cooks, reads, and has friends over for movies.
Sweet was a chef before she was a caregiver. It shows at mealtimes.
Caregiver
Antonina
Antonina has been caregiving for nine years, three of them at Salve. Before joining she worked privately for a family in Taiwan. Her training is from the Philippines: a Caregiver Training Certificate, a Caregiver Course Certificate, and clinical-exposure certificates in pediatrics, geriatrics, and the dietary department. Dementia care is where she feels most at home. Patience and reading what someone needs before they ask are the parts of the work she's particularly good at. Off shift she gardens and reads, and she's a traveller. When she can't be on the road she reads about countries and their histories, planning the next trip.
Antonina is most at home in dementia care. She notices what someone needs before they ask.
Caregiver
Arman
Arman has been with Salve for over two years, with about three years total in caregiving across home-care agencies, residential facilities, and family settings. He's CPR-certified and works most often with seniors who have dementia, with clients recovering from surgery, and with people living with disabilities. Families know him as the caregiver who shows up bubbly and walks them through the day without fuss. Off shift he cooks, lifts, reads, makes content, and takes himself somewhere new whenever the calendar allows.
Arman shows up bubbly, families tell us, and walks them through the day without fuss.
Also on the team.
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Bergette
Bergette brought her patience from years in residential care. Mornings with her are unhurried.
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Maria, LPN
Maria gets to know the client first. Eighteen years of caregiving sit behind that habit.
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Concordia
Most of Concordia's work is dementia care: keeping a client safe and comfortable through the day.
More to come.
Full profiles for the caregivers listed above will appear as their photos come in. Each caregiver brings their own background, and their own reasons for doing this work.
Behind the caregivers: Nena (founder), Ezekiel (Operations, RN), Milyn (Scheduling), and the clinical team.
What families tell us.
“I'm very grateful to everyone at Salve Health Care Services. I was desperate to find care for my husband during the night so I could sleep. It was because of their care I knew my husband was in excellent hands. I'm eternally grateful to their tender care of my husband. They treated him with dignity, and gentleness as if he was a member of their own family.”
“Nena and her team of caregivers at Salve Health Care Services Inc. has helped care for my son who has a complex medical condition. He is very happy with the care he receives from his caregivers at Salve. The Company has a warm, caring demeanor that makes us feel like family.”
“The Salve Health Care Services Team are providing excellent caregiving services for my mother during this difficult time. Nena has ensured that my mother's particular needs have been satisfied for the level of care required including scheduling and monitoring and this has no doubt helped to stabilize her. Our family is very grateful for the quality of service given and would highly recommend them.”
Fifteen minutes on the phone. By the end, you'll know whether Salve fits.