Comfort Keepers™ offer our services to seniors and people who need temporary support and help like new Moms, children, adolescents and adults with special health care needs including disabilities. They are a Registered Veterans’ Affairs provider and service insurance clients.
Services offered are:
Companionship; Bathing & Grooming; Meal Preparation; Mobility; Incidental Transportation; Transferring & Positioning; Light Housekeeping; Incontinence care; Grocery Shopping; Medication Reminders; 24-Hour Care; Feeding; Emergency Monitoring; Oral Hygiene.
For more information or to schedule a free in-home consultation, call 604-689-8609
email vancouverwest@comfortkeepers.ca
300-3665 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC. V5R 5W2
Tel: 604-689-8609. Fax: 866-573-8537
Email: vancouverwest@comfortkeepers.ca
Website: www.comfortkeepers.ca
On April 2nd 2012, the Provincial government is launching a new system of employment programs for British Columbians. Under this model, all employment services will be centralized and consolidated into WorkBC Employment Services Centres, which will be operated by various organizations.
People who want help finding employment through WorkBC will need to contact an Employment Services Centre. The model differs from the previous system in that the Centres will provide help to people from all communities including people with disabilities, immigrants, youth, women and people receiving basic social assistance.
Please note no changes have been made to the rules about seeking employment for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) benefit recipients or for people receiving the Persons with Persistent and Multiple Barriers to Employment benefit (PPMB).
About Accessing the Centres
After April 2nd job seekers should go to the WorkBC website http://www.workbc.ca/ or phone at 1-877-952-6914 between 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm for answers to job, career or labour market questions.
To locate their local WorkBC Employment Services Centre, job seekers can go to this map: http://www.workbc.ca/workbccentres/interactive_map.htm.
Funding Resources & Financial Info
The Personal Injury Resource Centre sponsored by Murphy Battista LLP is offering a free Legal Advice Clinic to anyone who wants to sit down with a lawyer and obtain proper professional legal advice. This is a fantastic opportunity for people to seek answers to legal questions.
Murphy Battista LLP is a leading personal injury law firm that takes a serious interest in helping out the community by providing free services such as this Legal Advice Clinic; the Resource Centre itself; and other pro bono work they do through their downtown office.
Participants need to submit their questions by filling out the Legal Advice Clinic Question Form prior to setting up a meeting, in order to give the lawyer the necessary time to evaluate and come prepared to explain the legal issues and available options..
The Clinic will be held on the 3rd Friday of every month, starting March 15th, at the Personal Injury Resource Centre located at 908 W King Edward Avenue, which is tucked in the south-east corner of the strip mall adjacent to the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre. Appointments will be scheduled a on a first come first serve basis in 50 minute blocks between 2pm and 6pm. Fill out the form with your preferred date and time; a representative from the Personal Injury Resource Centre will call or e-mail you to confirm an appointment time. The form can also be e-mailed to thecentre@murphybattista.com or dropped off in person at the centre.
Recreation
Health Recovery Programs
Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism offers specialized Tai Chi programs for people with chronic illnesses or those recovering from injuries, with a purpose to be used as complementary therapy in aiding and speeding recovery. Movements can be adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Click here to view more info about the Health Recovery Programs.
In Metro Vancouver, the modified Tai Chi Programs are regularly offered at the society’s main branch on Kingsway and at GF Strong.
In Richmond, special accommodations will be provided where participants can practice Tai Chi in a seated setting.
Click here to view their class schedule at Richmond location.
Settlement
Support Groups
Transportation & Travel Info
Accessibility, Evacuation and Safety on BC Ferries
The BC Ferries has added the C-MIST form to its emergency information on the accessibility section of its website. Now the C-MIST information is in the safety brochures for each of the BC Ferries' vessels.
C-MIST stands for Communication needs, Medical needs, Functional Independence, Supervision needs and Transportation needs. Individuals can fill out the form and carry it with them when they travel on BC Ferries.
Click here to BC Ferries' website and click on any of the vessel names to see the safety brochure for that vessel.
Click here to download the C-MIST form of BC Ferries.
Tax Info
