Services that support physical health, medical needs, or daily living care.
- Assistive Technology BC
Assistive Technology BC (ATBC) provides assistive technology resources to make learning and working environments usable for people with disabilities throughout British Columbia.
- evika
evika is an online resource that will help you find and learn about assistive devices that are appropriate for your individual needs.
- GF Strong
GF Strong is BC’s largest rehabilitation centre, providing inpatient, outpatient, outreach and clinical support services to clients/patients in four unique programs: Acquired Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Arthritis and Neuromusculoskeletal.
- Home Adaptations for Independence
The BC Rebate for Accessible Home Adaptations (BC RAHA) program provides financial assistance to help eligible low-income seniors and people with disabilities in British Columbia to continue to live in the comfort of their home.
- Nurse Next Door
Whether you are looking for home care for yourself or a loved one, we know that it’s about caring, not just healthcare. Choose from services spanning a full range of both medical and non-medical home care.
- Oak Care Centre
Vancouver
Oak Care Centre (formerly The George Pearson Centre) provides long-term residential care to adult residents who require specialized assistance as a result of disabilities, such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord and traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and a variety of other conditions.
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society
PADS’ mandate: “To provide an assistance dog to anyone in Western Canada with a physical disability or who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, and who wants the independence of an Assistance Dog. We also provide continued lifetime team support to our client/dog teams.”
- Rick Hansen Foundation
The Rick Hansen Foundation works to create more accessible and inclusive communities for people with a spinal cord injury, and supports the search for a cure.
Their mission is to create and deliver innovative solutions that lead to a global movement to remove barriers and liberate the potential of people with disabilities through their programs and initiatives.
- Sidestix
Lightweight & comfortable custom forearm crutches.
- Spinal Cord Injury BC
SCI BC helps people in British Columbia who have spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities. The organization provides peer support, rehab counseling, job help, education about sexual health and healthy relationships, a directory of recreational events, and information about accessible travel.
- Technology For Living
Technology For Living works with people who have severe physical disabilities “to help them to live as well and as independently as possible.” It has two main programs: Provincial Respiratory Outreach Program (equipment and support to people using ventilators) and Technology for Independent Living (in-home control devices).
- Tetra Society of North America
Tetra was founded in Vancouver, BC in 1987 to recruit skilled volunteers to create customized assistive devices for people with disabilities.
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