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

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

Victoria, 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 Victoria.

“There’s a growing need for home care services, yet many people don’t understand the kind of services that home health care provides,” says Pamela Crawford, area director for the new office. “This new office helps to raise awareness and understanding of home health care in the Victoria area.”

The office is centrally located at 1512 Fort 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.

The new Bayshore Home Health office in Victoria 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 help seniors, individuals living with disability and people with a range of acute or chronic care needs live comfortably in their own homes, preserving their independence and dignity and enhancing their quality of life.

“The Bayshore Home Health location in Victoria is well-situated to serve the growing need for quality home care services in this area,” adds Crawford. “The office will provide services in an area where there is a higher than average number of seniors.”

A free Wellness Clinic will be held on September 16th from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the new Bayshore Home Health office in Victoria. 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:
Pamela Crawford
Area Director – Victoria Office
Bayshore Home Health
Phone: 250-370-2253
Email: pcrawford@bayshore.ca