Dufferin Care Centre offers studios within four neighbourhood pods in a two-storey community, designed to ensure personalized care, safety and life enrichment in a continuum of 24-hour care.
Dufferin Care Centre is surrounded by secured landscaped gardens, with gazebos and pathways. In 2018, the care community received accreditation with commendation.
Dufferin Care Centre aims to make lives better via complex, enhanced, extended and palliative care within a secured environment: promoting growth, integrity, service and trust - creating quality of life for the one you love.
It is an inclusive and loving community; a seasonal menu with vegetarian and halal options that supports a continuum of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual opportunities; safety and feeling ‘right at home’. Families and pet visitors are welcome.
The centre has 153 long-term care beds; 128 publicly subsidized. There are 95 single occupancy and 29 double occupancy rooms.
Features
| Room features |
Studio suites with high ceilings and a large window to view to nature. Suites include an ensuite, mobility bed, pillow, blanket and linens, armoire, dresser, chair, night table and nightlight. Bring your favourite décor and comforter as you wish. |
| Accessibility | Mobility friendly suite with ensuite which includes grab bars and 24-hour assistance call system. Care community has wide hallways and circular building design with plenty of natural light, supporting easy access to in house Magnolia Lounge, Family Room, Lilac Lounge, dining and outdoor secured gardens and pathways access. |
| Security | Secured residence with WanderGuard, keypad entry, surveillance cameras and secured gardens. |
| Smoking | This is a non-smoking care community. |
| Parking and transportation | Free onsite parking with nearby street parking available. Public transit nearby. |
| Additional site features | Continuum of care includes care plan, therapeutic spa, full service and home cooked dining and two snacks daily, medication ordering and dispensing, attending physician, daily housekeeping and laundry service and therapeutic recreation. Dufferin Care Centre is nestled west of Coquitlam Mall and offers convenient communities, close to Evergreen Skytrain Station, Superstore and local amenities. It is tucked in a quiet no-through residential neighbourhood surrounded by nature and serenity. |
Programs
| Social and recreation programs | Do More of What You Love - discover meaningful programs to support one’s interests, and social, physical, intellectual and spiritual domains. Exercise, yoga, music, spa trolley, outings and dining out programs, crafts, horticultural, serenity room and intergenerational visitors. |
| Spiritual program | Spiritual programming available. |
| Pets | Pet visitors welcome. |
Additional services (additional fees may apply)
| Hairdressing | Hair salon or barber by appointment with associated fee. |
| Foot and nail care | Foot care nurse available for a fee. Nail care is included in care plan. |
| Additional services | Complimentary dietician consult, occupational and physiotherapy and annual eye and hearing exam. Lab services as per requisition. Mobile dental services (as per standard dentist rates and personal medical coverage). |