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Bayshore Home Health opens office to better meet growing home care needs of Belleville community

Services include in-home nursing care, personal care, home support and more

Belleville, Ontario, June 16, 2009 –Bayshore Home Health, Canada’s largest provider of home and community health care services, announced today the opening of a new office in Belleville. Bayshore has been serving the local community for 11 years through its Brockville location. The new office will give the company a presence throughout Hastings, Prince Edward, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington counties, allowing it to build stronger relationships with clients and ultimately provide a higher level of service.

"With a growing and aging population, there is an increasing need for home care services, yet many people don’t understand the kind of services that home health care provides or that they have options beyond institutional care,” says Anita Fitches, area director for the office. “It’s the goal of our new office to make people more aware of home health care and Bayshore’s ability to bring professional services and individualized care to our clients in the comfort of their homes.”

Bayshore Home Health will focus on providing service directly to the public and to people receiving care through insurance providers and workers’ compensation boards. There’s a need in the community for an increased health presence given a shortage of family doctors in the area.

The new office, centrally located at 81 Millennium Parkway, will operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week and provide a wide range of personalized home care services including:
 

1.  Free in-home assessments and care supervision by a registered nurse.
2.  In-home nursing care including administering medication, wound and skin care, advanced foot care, pain and symptom management.
3.  Personal care and hygiene such as grooming, washing and bathing, basic hand and foot care, dressing, assistance with eating, accompaniment to appointments and other activities.
4.  Home support such as light housekeeping, meal preparation and laundry.
5.  Companion services through personal visits to the home to share a cup of tea or go for a walk.
6.  Caregivers specially trained to assist clients with serious injuries, acquired brain injury, palliative care and dementia.

 
“These services allow seniors, individuals living with disability and people with a wide range of acute or chronic care needs to live comfortably in their own homes, preserving their independence and dignity and enhancing their quality of life,” adds Fitches.

A free Wellness Clinic will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd from noon to 7:00 pm at the new office located at 81 Millennium Parkway in Belleville. Members of the community are invited to attend. Free testing will be offered that includes on-the-spot results for blood pressure, blood cholesterol and bone density screening.
 

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