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Home care

Richmond Health Services - Vancouver Coastal Health Authority - Caregiving Services

Health Department: (604) 233-3150
Web: www.vch.ca/find_services/find_services/

This link through Richmond Health Services provides support and education for caregivers and their families.

Family Caregivers Network Society

Phone: (250) 384-0408
Web: www.fcns-caregiving.org

This agency supports individuals who provide full or part-time care for elderly or chronically ill family members. Their services include education, information, support groups and a great lending library.

Meals on Wheels Vancouver/Richmond

Phone: (604) 732-7638
For service in Cantonese phone: (604) 292-7200
Web: www.carebc.ca/meals.htm
 
Every weekday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., volunteers deliver more than 500 meals and social contact to homebound people including: Seniors; caregivers; individuals with chronic or acute medical conditions; individuals recovering from surgery, illness or injury; and new mothers.

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