Alzheimer Resource Center – Central Interior
Suite 405 235 1st Avenue Kamloops, BC V2C 3J4
Email Address:info.kamloops@alzheimerbc.org
Phone:250-377-8200 (Toll-free):1-800-886-6946
BC Community Response Networks
Email Address:info@bcbrns.ca
Fax: 604-531-9498
Caregiver Support Line
Phone: 1-877-520-3267
Monday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday & Friday 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Kamloops Adult Day Services
Website:https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourCare/HomeCommunityCare/AdultDayServices
Phone: (250) 851-7900
Kamloops Hospice Association 
Email: marina@kamloopshospice.com
Phone: 250-372-1336
 Virtual Support Groups (for caregivers)
Phone:  1-800-936-6033

Services that offer respite

Community Care Services

Comfort Keepers Hours 
Address:141 Victoria St Suite 213, Kamloops, BC V2C 1Z5 
Phone: (778) 471-1711
Home support – Kamloops Home and Community Care
Address: #37 – 450 Lansdowne Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y2
Phone: 250-851-7900
Interior Health – Community Care Kamloops
Address: #37 – 450 Lansdowne Street Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y2
Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y2
Phone: 250-851-7900
Just like Family home care Kamloops / Vernon / Salmon Arm 
Address: #600-C 235 1st Avenue Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 3J4 Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y2
Email: thompsonokanagan@justlikefamily.ca
Phone: (250) 215-2477
Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
Address 759 Popp St Kamloops BC 
Phone: (250) 377-0011

Transportation

Kamloops HandyDART | BC Transit
Client Registrar 1460 Ord Road Kamloops, BC V2B 7V4
Monday to Friday: 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – noon, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Phone: 250-376-7525
Fax: 250-376-7398
Comfort Keepers Hours 
Address:141 Victoria St Suite 213, Kamloops, BC V2C 1Z5 
Phone: (778) 471-1711

Long-Term Care Facilities

Interior Health Authority Aboriginal Health
Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourHealth/AboriginalHealth/Pages/default.aspx 
First Nations Health Authority
Website: https://www.fnha.ca/ 
FNHA BC Indigenous Elders Guide: https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/BC_EldersGuide.pdf 
Website: https://www.fnha.ca/ 
Meals on Wheels
Website: https://www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca/programs/seniors/meals-wheels
Phone: 250-376-3660
Take & Bake
Website: https://www.volunteerkamloops.org/programs/
Phone: 778-470-6000
Better At Home
Website: https://www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca/programs/seniors/better-home
Phone: 250-280-3015
Yard Waste Pickup Program
Phone: 250-828-0600
Snow Angels
Website: https://www.volunteerkamloops.org/programs/
Phone: 250-372-8313 
Centre for Seniors Information
Website: Experience living 50+ Kamloops
Phone: 1-800-631-0097 x202
City of Kamloops – 2021 Spring & Summer Activity Guide
Website: rhw_spring-summer_2021.pdf (kamloops.ca)
Phone: 1-250-828-3500
Interior Community Services
Website: Home – The Centre For Seniors Information (csikamloops.ca)
Phone: 250-828-0600
United Way Southern Interior BC
Website: Better at Home – United Way South Interior BC (unitedwaysibc.com)
Phone: 1-855-232-1321

Local Resources and Information for Eligibility

Interior Health Adult Day Program supports “health services and recreational activities for seniors and people with disabilities” (Interior health, 2021). The Adult Day Services goal is support programs in the community for people at risk of losing their independence. Adult Day Services “are designed to help individuals to remain at home while supporting caregivers by providing a range of health, personal, social and recreational services in a safe and caring environment” (Interior health, 2021).

Examples of services available within the Adult Day Services across Interior Health include (may depending upon location):

  • Health Monitoring such as physical assessments, blood pressure, nutrition, pain, personal care concerns
  • Supporting Caregivers wellbeing  by providing supportive programs specific to caregiver education, support, connecting community resources and respite care
  • Purposeful therapeutic social and recreational programs

(Interior Health, 2021 from https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourCare/HomeCommunityCare/AdultDayServices/Pages/default.aspx)

(Interior Health, 2021; information used from https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourCare/HomeCommunityCare/Pages/HCCEligibility.aspx)

When living at home not longer meeting your care needs, your local Home and Community Care office is available to assist you with options. Interior Health believes the best quality of life is achieved by remaining in one’s own home environment for as long as possible. To this end, the Home and Community Care Case Manager will complete an assessment and help you explore options that will allow you to manage in your home. 

Ultimately, access and waitlist to Long-Term Care Services is based on a person’s assessed need and risk. Long-term care supports adults with complex health care needs requiring 24-hour professional care due to physical disability, mental or behavioural conditions, including brain injuries or dementia.

All long-term care facilities in British Columbia (public and private) must provide care that meets established standards. Our Interior Health Community Care Licensing office ensures these standards are met.

Information retrieved from https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourCare/HousingHealth/LTC/Pages/default.aspx

Information retrieved from https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourCare/HousingHealth/LTC/Pages/Eligibility.aspx

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