Non-profit assisted living and long-term care

IN BEAUTIFUL PARKSVILLE, BC

Non-profit assisted living and long-term care

IN BEAUTIFUL PARKSVILLE, BC

Our Facilities and Services

Our goal is to provide the highest quality of care, consistent with the efficient use of our resources, in a setting that is as much like home as possible. We align with the Eden Alternative Model of Care to create an elder-centred community that addresses the three plagues of long term care: loneliness, helplessness and boredom.  We make our services and programs available to people in our greater community, helping Seniors age in place as long as possible.

Welcome Home!

Arrowsmith Health Care (2011) Society is a publicly funded not-for-profit Campus of Care located in the beautiful oceanside community of Parksville. We have a proud 50-year history of delivering skilled and compassionate care, providing long-term care as well as assisted living accommodations.

Arrowsmith Lodge

Our Programs

Respite service (short term stay) is arranged through Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) Home & Community Care. If you have questions about access to Respite or to confirm your dates, please contact your Long Term Care Case Worker. If you do not currently have a VIHA Long Term Care Case Manager, you can get more information by phoning the Vancouver Island Health Authority — 250-951-9550.

Respite Care is the break that caregivers get by allowing someone else to temporarily take over some of their caregiving duties. Used on a regular basis, Respite Care helps prevent caregiver burnout, by relieving some of the caregiver’s workload and stress.

Respite Care usually takes one of three forms:
  1. arrangements can be made for someone to come into the home to look after or sit with the care recipient (even if the caregiver is at home)
  2. the care recipient can be booked for a short stay (overnight, weekend, a week or more) in a long-term care or other facility
  3. the care recipient can be registered to attend an Adult Day Program
Respite Care gives caregivers time off to:
  • relax
  • socialize with friends and family
  • attend to other responsibilities
  • recover from some of the stresses of caregiving
  • renew their energies to continue providing quality care
Respite Care may also provide care recipients an opportunity to:
  • meet with people outside the immediate family
  • participate in social and recreational activities
  • make new friends
  • maintain a sense of identity and purpose
More About Respite Care

Caregivers often state that the most important goal is to care for their loved one. Sometimes they must be reminded to care for themselves in order to remain physically and mentally able to care for others. Caregivers may experience feelings of frustration, discouragement and sadness. Sometimes a sense of being overburdened can create feelings of guilt or resentment. Fatigue is common and always a result of doing too much and not getting enough rest. Caregivers generally put aside their own need for rest, socializing and solitary moments.

Respite Care is the break that caregivers get by allowing someone else to temporarily take over some of their caregiving duties. Used on a regular basis, Respite Care helps prevent caregiver burnout, by relieving some of the caregiver’s workload and stress.

There are various ways to help the regular caregiver, who is often a family member, to have a break or do some things for themselves. These services are called Respite Care services, and there are three ways that they can be provided: In-home Respite Care, Respite Care Adult day programs, and short-stay Respite Care.

In-home Respite Care

This Respite Care service brings someone to your own home to provide help with needed services (e.g. personal care) and to allow a regular family caregiver to take a break.

Respite Care Adult Day Programs

These Respite Care programs provide social and other therapeutic activities at a location outside your home. Respite Care Programs usually include planned recreation and physical activities, meals, transportation to the Respite Care program and some personal care. There can be a consumer fee for this Respite Care service to cover the meals and transportation costs (approximately $15 to $50 per day). Subsidies may be available.

Short-Stay Respite Care

The temporary Respite Care provided in a long-term care home under “caregiver respite” is considered a “short stay”.

One day a week can make all the difference.

Most people don’t understand how stressful it can be looking after someone who has dementia.

Our Day Program provides a supportive “day away” for people living with dementia. Clients enjoy a day of activities designed to enhance their well-being, all while providing their caregivers with a day of respite.

Our staff have extensive experience caring for people with dementia. Supported by dedicated volunteers, program staff members work to ensure a safe and caring environment

View the latest Adult Day Program Activities Calendar in our Downloads section.

Respite Adult Day programs provide social and other therapeutic activities at a location outside your home.

Respite Care Programs usually include planned recreation and physical activities, meals, transportation to the Respite Care program and some personal care. Our consumer fee for this Respite Care service which covers the meals and transportation costs is approximately $10 per day.

The first step for becoming part of the Adult Day Program is to determine your eligibility.

A Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) Long Term Care Case Manager will determine if a person qualifies for this program.

You may be eligible if you are a Home & Community Care client and have a Long Term Care Case Manager

If you do not currently have a VIHA Long Term Care Case Manager, you can get more information by phoning the Vancouver Island Health Authority — 250-951-9550.

This program is run in partnership with SOS (Society of Organized Services). Meals are prepared in the Arrowsmith Lodge kitchen, with the program serving everyone from caregivers who can use a much-needed break to post-natal mothers and patients recovering from surgery at home.

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Family Resources

Volunteering

Volunteering

We encourage local youth and adults to join us in assisting Arrowsmith Lodge and Cokely Manor residents.

If you are interested in being a volunteer please download the appropriate application and submit it, upon completion, for our review.