Family caregivers across Burnaby often reach the point of needing a break before they reach the point of asking. Salve provides scheduled respite (a few hours, a weekend, longer if needed) across Metrotown and Highgate, Brentwood and Willingdon Heights, Lougheed and Government Road, with caregivers your loved one already trusts.
§Coverage for a few hours, an afternoon, a weekend, or longer
§Same caregiver across visits: your loved one isn't being handed to a stranger
§Personal care, meals, medications, companionship
§Detailed handoff notes when you return
§Coordination with extended health and VAC where applicable
§
Who it's for
Family caregivers who've been at this long enough to know they need a break. The first call is the hardest; it gets easier.
Hours and schedule
Anywhere from four hours to a full week. We cover days, evenings, overnights, and around-the-clock multi-shift coverage when the situation needs it.
§
Cover for the long days.
Burnaby's respite calls track its commutes: adult children with long days at SFU, BCIT, or across the bridge, and a parent who can't be alone from eight to six anymore. Respite blocks bridge exactly those hours. For live-in family carers, usually a spouse in Edmonds or Government Road, the need is the deeper kind: a night's sleep, a weekend off, the chance to be a husband again instead of a nurse.
§
Respite for family caregivers in Burnaby: what families ask.
Can respite match a work schedule?
Yes: that's Burnaby's most common arrangement. A standing block that covers the workday stretch, with the same caregiver, so the handoff is a sentence rather than a briefing.
Is occasional, irregular respite possible?
Yes. Some families book respite around specific dates: a conference, a wedding, a hospital stay of the carer's own. Anywhere from four hours to a week of multi-shift coverage.
Where in Burnaby we deliver.
We see Burnaby families in Metrotown and Highgate, Brentwood and Willingdon Heights, Lougheed and Government Road, Capitol Hill and Burnaby Heights, North Burnaby: Hastings and Confederation, and South Burnaby: Edmonds and Big Bend.
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
