independent lifestyles

Your first choice for home healthcare.
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Mission:

 To be the first choice for home healthcare services on the Sunshine Coast where active aging, dignity and the quality of life of every client is supported.  

Values:

·         Service -- professional, worry free, quality services.

·         Stability -- being available through on-call and adequate staffing.

·         Integrity, honesty and trust -– practicing open communication.

·         Community, health and wellness -- effective collaboration with health care professionals, government, community organisations and small businesses.

·         Compassion, dedication, patience -- Focus on caregiving as if it were your loved one.

·         Respect -– earned as a small business that provides quality home healthcare services.

·         Support -- client advocacy that builds relationships with the health care team.

·         Money -- provide employees a living wage.

 

Independent Lifestyles Provides Home Healthcare Services For:

  • Individuals having difficulty with daily living activities such as personal health care and home support due to active aging; 
  • Families needing support or relief from caring for a loved one;
  • Clients and families of all backgrounds and ages, with any health care need or medical condition;
  • With palliative care; 
  • People who have had a stroke or acquired brain injury;
  • Those with Alzheimer Disease or related disorders;
  • People who have Parkinson's;
  • Patients with affected mobility.

People seeking this service have many of the same needs:

To be treated with respect and dignity; 
To be actively engaged in a community of some kind;
To be involved in his/her own treatment and Individual Care Plan; 
To be cared for by skilled, medically-knowledgeable health care professionals and caregivers, working as an integrated health care team. 
 
  

About Vanessa Knox, owner of Independent Lifestyles

 

Vanessa Knox stands behind offering a unique combination of distinguished home healthcare and specialty services to the Sunshine Coast.  It is widely acknowledged that there is a significant need for quality home healthcare services within this region.  I believe that by providing superior customer service and by building a team of professional, sensitive, and caring employees who are supported by organized and actively engaged management, we will become the home healthcare service of choice on the Sunshine Coast.   

Timing and personal interest have influenced my decision to participate in the Aspire Program and to learn about establishing a small business.  With over ten years of experience as a certified nurse aid (now called Home Support Worker/Resident Care Attendant); I have provided care to all ages and in a variety of settings both locally and internationally.  It is in my value system to provide a level of care for your loved ones as if they are my loved ones so that together we can support active aging, dignity and quality of life. 

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mailing address: PO Box 751, Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0
call:  604.886.8300