Japanese Home Support

Currently offering two services.

Light Housekeeping & Visitation Service
Japanese-speaking staff will assist seniors with light housekeeping with providing friendly social visit.
Examples of housekeeping tasks are.
· Hard to reach area cleaning.
· Bed making, laundry, and ironing.
Online Shopping Order and Delivery Assistance Service
Japanese-speaking staff will assist with online grocery orders over the phone and arrange the delivery to your home. The service includes friendly social interactions.

Being 65 years of age and older
For service 1.
Currently living in the City of Vancouver. This service is NOT available for those living in assisted living or long-term care facilities. The client is responsible for providing all cleaning supplies.
For service 2.
Currently living in the VCH region.
Online purchase through, Safeway, Save-on-Foods, T&T Supermarket
Needing assistance to complete day-to-day tasks safely to maintain independent living.
Has a valid Credit Card to pay for groceries and services.
Able to receive an in-person initial assessment by Tonari Gumi staff.

For service 1. $50 for 90 minutes of service including social visit.
For service 2. $10 for 30 minutes of phone assistance. Client is responsible for the grocery and delivery costs.

If you would like to sign up, please fill out, attach and email the following forms to us at: services@tonarigumi.ca and csassistant@tonarigumi.ca

Japanese Canadian Legacies Society, Government of BC, United Way BC’s Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors (TAPS), Vancouver Coastal Health