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

– Company creates over 40 new jobs for nurses, care aides, home support workers –

Regina, Sask, May 6, 2010 – Bayshore Home Health, Canada's largest provider of home and community health care services, announced today the opening of a new office in Regina. The office will provide in-home nursing care, personal care, home support and more throughout Regina.

"This new Bayshore branch will help the growing, aging population in Regina, Moose Jaw and surrounding areas," says Brian Smyth, area director for the office. "We have an especially large senior population here as people move from farms or smaller rural centers to the city where they can find the services they require."

Bayshore Home Health will focus on providing service directly to the public and to people receiving care through their insurance provider. There's a need for an increased health presence in the community given the number of people who are taking care of loved ones and the high percentage of seniors living in the area.

"Many people don't understand the kind of services that home health care provides or that they have options beyond institutional care," adds Smyth. "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."

The company has already hired a total of 40 nurses, care aides and home support workers to meet the demand for its services throughout Regina and expects to hire additional staff as the branch expands.

The new office, centrally located at #150-1870 Albert Street, will operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week and provide a wide range of personalized home care services including:

• Free in-home assessments and care supervision by a registered nurse.
• In-home nursing care including administering medication, wound and skin care, advanced foot care, pain and symptom management.
• 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.
• Home support such as light housekeeping, meal preparation and laundry.
• Companion services through personal visits to the home to share a cup of tea or go for a walk.
• 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," offers Smyth. "They will also help alleviate some of the stress families experience as they try to help elderly parents while working full-time and caring for children of their own."

A free Wellness Clinic will be held on Monday, May 10th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the new office located at 1870 Albert Street, Suite 150 in Regina. Members of the community are invited to attend. A registered nurse will be on hand to answer questions and provide on the spot results for blood pressure.

About Bayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health has been enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of Canadians in their homes since 1966. Canadian owned and operated, it is the country's largest provider of home and community health care services, with more than 50 home care offices, 20 community care clinics and 8,000 employees. Its core services are in-home nursing, personal care and home support – which can be purchased directly by individuals and also accessed through government care programs, personal and group insurance plans and workplace safety insurance. The company also provides nurse/caregiver staffing services, health education programs and treatments in its community dialysis centres. Through its subsidiary, Bayshore Specialty Rx, it offers infusion pharmacy, infusion clinic and pharmaceutical support services to a variety of health care and pharmaceutical organizations.

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