Complex care in West Vancouver usually starts with a discharge from Lions Gate Hospital: an IV, a wound vac, a feeding tube, sometimes a trach. Salve's HCP-licensed clinical team covers Ambleside and Hollyburn, Dundarave and West Bay, British Properties and Chartwell and the rest of the city, with most procedures performed by a Registered Nurse and personal-care continuing alongside.
§IV therapy at home: IV antibiotics, IV hydration, PICC line dressing changes and flushes (with physician order), central line maintenance, using the client's hospital-issued or prescribed pump
§Tube feeding and PEG / G-tube management: feeding, site care, basic clog troubleshooting in collaboration with family; complex issues like tube replacement coordinated with the clinic or hospital
§Tracheostomy care: suctioning, airway maintenance, routine trach care alongside the respiratory therapist. We don't manage ventilator settings; that stays with the RT.
§Palliative nursing: pain and symptom management, comfort, family support (distinct from formal hospice, which runs under a separate BC framework)
§Oxygen, BiPAP and CPAP support, suctioning, compression therapy, mechanical-lift transfers
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Who it's for
Families whose loved one is being discharged from hospital with a complex plan (wounds, tubes, infusions, equipment), or whose ongoing condition has grown beyond what personal care alone can hold. Often arranged in coordination with a hospital social worker and the family's medical team.
Hours and schedule
Frequency depends on the plan. Some clients need a daily skilled-nursing visit, some weekly, some on a flexible schedule that wraps around personal care. Caregiver-led shifts have a four-hour minimum; standalone RN visits (a short, specific clinical task: wound change, IV flush, injection) can be as short as one hour. Days, evenings, overnights, and around-the-clock multi-shift coverage all available.
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Clinical care, in residence.
West Vancouver's complex-care arrangements are often long-run: ongoing IV or wound regimes, diabetic management, palliative support, delivered for months in homes where the alternative would be leaving a much-loved house. Our RNs run the clinical schedule (IV therapy, wound care, catheter and ostomy, injections, oxygen and CPAP support) with caregivers carrying the household alongside, up to around-the-clock multi-shift coverage. The physicians' plan governs; the documentation after every clinical visit proves it.
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Complex care in West Vancouver: what families ask.
Can clinical and household care run 24/7 together?
Yes: around-the-clock multi-shift coverage with RN visits folded in is an established arrangement. It's the version of care that makes staying home viable for genuinely complex situations.
Will you work with our private specialists?
Yes. The clinical work runs on physician orders wherever the physician practises, and our documentation flows back to whoever is directing the plan.
Where in West Vancouver we deliver.
We see West Vancouver families in Ambleside and Hollyburn, Dundarave and West Bay, British Properties and Chartwell, Sandy Cove and Caulfeild, and Horseshoe Bay and Eagle Harbour.
What it costs, and how families pay for it (extended health, VAC, CSIL,
and more), is laid out in costs and coverage. The people behind the visits are here: meet our caregivers.
BCCPA-member agencyBC HCP-licensed (Health Care Professionals & Services)WorkSafeBC registeredICBC-certified Personal Care Assistance providerFully insured & bonded caregiversBLS-certified, First Aid trained15+ years caring for BC families since 2011
