Home Care Nursing - Island Health Community Health Services
Condition Specific Support, Disability Services, and Home Health Care
Provided by Island Health
Support and nursing care provided for patients in their home or community where applicable.
Island Health Community Health Services provides non-emergency nursing care at home or in the community for people who need support with health concerns such as:
- Wound assessment and care e.g., skin tears due to fragility, diabetic foot ulcers and lower leg wounds, post-surgical wound, pressure ulcers, ostomy, and nephrostomy care
- Palliative care
- Post-hospital recovery
- Chronic disease management
- Medication and pain management
- IV care including daily IV antibiotic therapy, IV therapy for extended antibiotic treatment in partnership with medical day care clinics
Eligibility
- Patient must be a Canadian citizen, or have permanent resident status
- Patient must be a resident of British Columbia
- Patient requires care at home (after a hospital stay, instead of going to hospital, or because of a serious or terminal illness) and/or be unable to function independently due to chronic or end-stage illness
How to Access
- Access starts through the Community Access Centres using a central intake and assessment process. During this process, clinicians will assess eligibility, clinical need, function, and safety to determine if Home Care Nursing is the right service. Services vary by location.
- General public can call their local Community Access Centre(see below) to request further information and self-refer.
- Healthcare Practitioners please review the Physician Information section below.
250-388-2273 (South Island Community Access Centre)
Toll Free: 1-888-533-2273
Serves all communities south of Mill Bay, including Greater Victoria, Southern Gulf Islands and west to Port Renfrew.
250-739-5749 (Central Island Community Access Centre)
Toll Free: 1-877-734-4101
Serves all communities from Mill Bay to Deep Bay, including Gabriola Island, and from Parksville on the east to beyond Tofino/Ucluelet on the west coast.
250-331-8570 (North Island Community Access Centre)
Toll Free: 1-866-928-4988
Serves all communities north of Deep Bay including Mt. Waddington Regional District and the adjacent mainland are
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Health professional referral
- Self-referral
- Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
Brochures and Info
Associated Programs/Services
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Availability
Service area: Island Health Area + show cities
Service Types Provided
Condition Specific Support
Disability Services
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at home
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.