Continuing Care Vancouver

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Continuing care is a term used sometimes in the retirement residence industry to describe communities with a continuum of senior care options, from independent living to more complex needs. A number of retirement residences in the Greater Vancouver area offer this robust environment, where people might move in when they are still quite independent but anticipate the need for more care later.

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Retirement communities in Vancouver

Tapestry at Arbutus Walk  

2799 Yew Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 4W2

Tapestry at Arbutus Walk is an active aging community that offers residents unlimited opportunities to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle and improve their physical, mental and social well-being.

Lifestyle Options: Independent Living, Assisted Living

Tapestry at Wesbrook Village  

3338 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6S 0A6

Tapestry at Wesbrook VIllage is an active aging community that offers residents unlimited opportunities to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle and improve their physical, mental and social well-being.

Lifestyle Options: Independent Living, Assisted Living

Granville Gardens - Verve Senior Living  

1550 West 49th Avenue,, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6M 0B3

Located in Vancouver’s Kerrisdale neighbourhood, Granville Gardens offers residents the opportunity to stay active and live in a well-appointed urban community, surrounded by shopping centres, parks, community centres.

Lifestyle Options: Independent Living, Assisted Living

The benefits of a continuing care retirement community

In some cases, this is a progressive-minded, cutting edge approach to care that anticipates the needs of an aging population in BC. With our changing values, an increasing number of seniors want everything in one place and do not want to go through the stress of moving, later, in order to meet growing health care needs. 

There are pros and cons to this type of community but positives far outweigh the negatives. Here's a look at the distinct advantages of moving into a continuing care community in Vancouver:

The changing definition of continuing care

If we take a look at the varying definitions of continuing care, it gives us an overview of how care for our elderly is shifting.

The definition we are using here is used by Canadians, in some contexts, but more often in the United States. It should probably be used more often, given the value of this model as noted above. More often in Canada, "continuing care" is seen as synonymous with long-term care (where people need continuous care, ostensibly).

The many senior care communities in places like Greater Vancouver that do indeed offer a continuum of care might be seen by some as a new concept, taking an integrated approach to aging in place. Retirement homes with a variety of care options have been around for some time, but the planning and the modernization of the integration is progressive. Some developments like those listed above certainly need to be seen to be fully appreciated. Both existing and newly developed continuous care communities are superb answers to the needs of many aging people and couples in Greater Vancouver.

The phrase "complex continuing care" is used by some other health authorities to mean something distinct (see our glossary). Some seniors' homes in Greater Vancouver offer this as a service. For example, those who are convalescing from an operation may also encounter further care needs as they recover. Increasingly progressive seniors' care homes respond to the needs of a changing, aging population. And, as the senior care industry continues to evolve, Canadians can expect to see more of this integrative approach to senior care.

The phrase continuing care at home is also used by home care service providers to define the service they offer.  








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