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Bayshore Home Health opens office to meet the growing home care needs of Kelowna's seniors and retirees

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

Kelowna, B.C., Sept. 9, 2008–Bayshore Home Health, Canada’s largest provider of home and community health care services, announced today the official opening of a new office in Kelowna.

“Kelowna is one of the most popular retirement destinations in Canada with close to 13 per cent of its residents over the age of 70,” says Sharon Hughes-Geekie, area director for the new office. “The Bayshore Home Health location in Kelowna is well-situated to serve this growing population and the need for quality home care services in the area.”

The office is centrally located at 105-1664 Richter Street to allow local residents easy access to professional home care services. These services fill a variety of short- and long-term personal care needs and offer an alternative to institutional care.

“With an 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,” adds Hughes-Geekie. “This new office helps to raise awareness and understanding of home health care in the Kelowna area.”

The new Bayshore Home Health office in Kelowna will provide a wide range of services including:

• In-home nursing care including administering medication, advanced foot care, and pain and symptom management.
• Specialized care, including palliative and serious injury care, which is often contracted for clients through insurance companies and workers’ compensation boards.
• Personal care and hygiene such as grooming, washing and bathing, basic hand and foot care, dressing and assistance with eating.
• 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.

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.

A free wellness clinic will be held on September 11th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the new Bayshore Home Health office in Kelowna. Members of the community are invited to attend. Free wellness testing will be offered that includes on-the-spot results for blood pressure, blood cholesterol and random glucose levels.

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 40 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. Its caregivers deliver more than 5.2 million hours of home care annually to over 57,000 clients. 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 specialty pharmacy, infusion clinic and pharmaceutical support services to a variety of health care and pharmaceutical organizations. Bayshore Home Health has been a winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies award since 2006.

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For more information please contact:
Sharon Hughes-Geekie
Area Director – Kelowna Office
Bayshore Home Health
Phone: 250-717-7538
Email: shgeekie@bayshore.ca