Programs/Services » Residential Home Support Program

Howe Sound's Residential Home Support Program has been proudly serving individuals with disabilities and their families since 1988.

Our Homes

Howe Sound offers a Residential Home Support Program to six residential homes located throughout Vancouver's lower mainland; Blueridge House, Windsong House, Windridge House, Kerrywood, Bear Creek House and Holly Park House. The Residential Home Support Program offers accommodations to twenty-three individuals with an acquired brain injury, physical and developmental disabilities, and medical health care needs. They are provided with a nurturing, secure and safe home environment as well as their own personal space that provides privacy. Each of the homes provides reasonable accommodations to enable each person's participation in their home and organization's activities. The homes are wheel chair accessible, well equipped with adaptive equipment and staffed seven days per week/twenty-four hours a day.

Our Staff

The Residential Home Support Program staffs approximately 120 employees in management, permanent, part-time, and casual positions. All staff members with Howe Sound are fully qualified and meet all employment requirements. Typically, staffing consists of a ratio of one staff to two individuals with the exception of certain clients that require one to one staffing.

Our Program

The Residential Home Support Program offers individualized programs specifically designed to meet each client's individual strengths, needs, wants, preferences and desired goals. The programs that we offer include: Communication, Education, Daily Living Skills, Hygiene, Physiotherapy and Recreational Evening and Weekend Activities. The program provides each resident with the opportunity to participate in the community, through building social contacts, personal relationships and community networks.

Our Goals for the Residential Home Support Program

Howe Sound ensures that the Residential Home Support Program provides quality service delivery and excellence, which is achieved by measuring and collecting data based on desired outcomes identified by persons receiving services and stakeholders. The desired outcomes identified for the 2002-2003 Residential Home Support program are as follows:

• Improve or maintain residents level of physical and/or mental health
• Improve or maintain a safe and healthy environment for residents in the home and community
• Improve or maintain residents communication skills
• Increase level of independence and self-confidence in life skill activities
• Maintain or increase access to a variety of activities in the home or community
• Increase/maintain residents social interactions with family and friends
• Maintain or Increase client choices and decision making

The Residential Home Support Program also promotes and ensures that staff and participants are aware of residents rights and the needs of persons receiving our services.

Representation Agreement Resource Center

For more detailed information about the Residential Home Support Program please contact:

Loretta Rucchin
Director of Operations
203-218 Blue Mountain Street
Coquitlam, BC V3K 4H2

Tel: 604-936-9944 ext.225
Fax: 604-936-9003

Email: loretta@howesound.net