Surrey families coming home from Surrey Memorial Hospital usually need the same thing the first week: someone to follow the discharge plan when family can't be there all day. Salve covers that across Newton and Sullivan Heights, Guildford and Fraser Heights, Cloverdale and Clayton, and the rest of Surrey.
§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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Recovery, the Surrey version.
Surrey Memorial moves people home fast, and the city's size means family help is often a twenty-minute drive away rather than down the street. So Surrey recoveries lean harder on the schedule: daily visits in the first week, timed around whoever can be there in the evenings. The caregiver tracks the discharge plan (medications, dressing changes, the first careful walks) and writes down what the follow-up appointment will want to know. When the plan includes clinical work, an RN visit from the same team slots in alongside.
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Post-hospital recovery in Surrey: what families ask.
What if the discharge lands on a weekend?
Care delivery runs seven days a week, so a Friday-afternoon or Saturday discharge from Surrey Memorial isn't a problem. The 15-minute call can happen while your loved one is still admitted, and the first visit lines up with whenever the hospital actually releases them.
Can you take over wound care after Surrey Memorial?
Dressing changes and infection monitoring are part of recovery visits, and where the wound needs RN-level work (a wound vac, post-surgical drains), our clinical team handles it under the same BC HCP license. We work from the discharge summary and your family doctor's orders.
Where in Surrey we deliver.
We see Surrey families in Newton and Sullivan Heights, Guildford and Fraser Heights, Cloverdale and Clayton, Fleetwood and Tynehead, South Surrey and Crescent Beach, and Whalley and Surrey Centre.
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
