The first week home from the hospital is the hardest. Wound care, medications, the slow return to normal. And a discharge plan that assumed someone would be there to follow it. We are.
§Wound care: dressing changes, infection monitoring, and coordination with the medical team
§Mobility support, transfers, and fall prevention
§Help with bathing, dressing, and the small things that get hard after surgery
§Light meal prep and grocery support during recovery
§Written notes for family and the next medical visit
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Who it's for
Families whose loved one is coming home after surgery, a hospital stay, or a fall. With registered nurses on the team and a BC HCP license, we cover both the personal-care and the clinical sides of recovery: wound care, infusions, medication management, the lot.
Hours and schedule
Most families start with daily visits in the first week, then taper. Four-hour minimum per visit. Days, evenings, overnights, or 24-hour care depending on what the recovery calls for.
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Post-hospital recovery, by city
Choose your area for what this looks like in your part of the city.
Wound care and dressing changes, medication management, mobility support, help with bathing and dressing, light meal prep, and notes for the next medical visit. We pick up where the discharge instructions leave off.
Do you coordinate with the hospital's discharge plan?
Yes. We work from the discharge summary and the family doctor's orders, and we'll communicate with hospital social workers or community-care nurses where relevant. The 15-minute call is when we go through the plan together.
When is the right time to start?
Often the day of discharge. Many families call us during the hospital stay so the caregiver is at the home when the patient arrives. We're set up for short-notice starts for post-hospital cases.
Can you do wound care and IV therapy at home?
Yes. Wound care, dressing changes, and IV therapy (including PICC line dressing changes and flushes with physician order) are RN-performed under our BC HCP license. Personal-care components continue alongside, by trained caregivers.
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Caregiver-led visits run $41–$45 an hour with a four-hour minimum; when
a Registered Nurse is needed for clinical work, those visits are $75 an
hour.
For how families pay for it (extended health, VAC, CSIL, and more), see costs and coverage. To see the people who'll be doing the work, 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