Abbotsford is a working city with a lot of farm families, and the care requests that come from here have a different shape to the ones from inside Metro Vancouver. The person who needs help is often still running the property, or was until very recently, and is not interested in being managed.

With that in mind, the useful starting point is usually a practical one. A stroke that has left one side weak, a hip replacement that makes the barn and the stairs impossible for a few months, or a hospital stay that ends with a discharge date and no plan for the week after. Care that is built around specific tasks and a fixed end date tends to get accepted where a general offer of help does not.

Guarding Life Home Care travels from Surrey at 3211 152 St. Confirm that your address is inside the service area when you call (236) 473-1021, and ask about the free consultation.

Stroke recovery: stroke care
Support after a hospital stay: care at hospital