Seniors Health & Wellness Centre - Central Okanagan

Condition Specific Support, Healthcare Providers, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, and Seniors Services

Provided by Interior Health

Seniors Health and Wellness Centre patients are referred by their family doctor, nurse practitioner, or specialist. Please see referral form below. Your healthcare provider can then fax it to: Central Intake at: 250-980-1505
Services Include:
  • Inter-professional team providing short term assessment, education and support for seniors struggling with: falling, memory changes, nutrition, pain, caregiver support, medication concerns, speech or swallowing difficulties, bowel or bladder concerns
  • Health care team includes: Geriatrician, family physicians with a special interest in geriatrics, mental health clinician, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, registered dietitian, rehabilitation assistant, speech and language pathologist, pharmacist, registered nurse, social worker, and respiratory therapist provide specialized short-term care (four to eight weeks).

  • Clients must live between Peachland and Lake Country, BC.
    • Criteria:
  • CSHS Clinical Frailty Scale: frailty scale of 5-6
  • Complex (at risk of decline without interventions)
  • Geriatric Syndromes: pain, nutrition/hydration, cognition (delirium, dementia, depression), mobility/function, incontinence: bowel/bladder, medications.
  • Agreeable for treatment
  • Potential to stabilize/improve

    • 250-469-7070 ext. 13459

    Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca...

    505 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 6V8

    Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (closed for lunch from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)

    Wheelchair accessible.

    Service is available in English.

    Cost: No cost

    Referral options:

    • Physician or nurse practitioner referral
    • Health professional referral
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    Availability

    Service area: Kelowna

    Service Types Provided
    Condition Specific Support
    Healthcare Providers
    Mental Health - Adult & Senior
    Seniors Services
    Ways to Access
    • Service provided 1:1 in-person
    • Service provided at a single location
    • Service provided in a group in-person

    The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.

    Pathways does not provide medical advice. If you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you require assistance navigating services please call 8-1-1.

    For general inquiries or for assistance, please email us:

    community-services@pathwaysbc.ca

    If you are requesting clinical access to medical Pathways, please provide the following information via the email above:

    1. First Name
    2. Last Name
    3. Email
    4. In which city/town do you work?
    5. What is your role? E.g. Family Physician, Office Staff, Medical Resident
    6. Employer Name (for office staff)
    7. Office Phone

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