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Written for the two people who read this site: the person staying in their home, and the adult child worrying about them from another city. No jargon, no scare tactics.
Paying for care
Real hourly rates for non-medical companion care in Greater Victoria, what actually moves the price, and how private care fits alongside publicly funded home support.
2026-01-14 · 6 min read
Read the guideFamily conversations
The quiet signals that an ageing parent could use support — physical, practical, and emotional — and what to do when several of them appear together.
2026-01-28 · 7 min read
Read the guideDownsizing & moving
A gentle, room-by-room plan for downsizing an ageing parent's home — starting with the conversation, not the boxes.
2026-02-11 · 8 min read
Read the guideDownsizing & moving
When the house is going on the market, the timeline works backwards from the listing date. Here is a realistic week-by-week plan to run with your realtor.
2026-02-25 · 7 min read
Read the guidePaying for care
How publicly funded home support works in British Columbia, what private care adds, and why most families end up sensibly combining the two.
2026-03-10 · 6 min read
Read the guideHome care
Agencies are not interchangeable, and the differences rarely show up in the marketing. These are the questions that reveal them.
2026-03-24 · 6 min read
Read the guideDownsizing & moving
A long-distance move is not just a change of address — it is a change of city, doctors, and daily life. Here is how to sequence it.
2026-04-07 · 7 min read
Read the guideDownsizing & moving
Every downsizing family meets the room that cannot be sorted. It is not stubbornness — and there are gentler ways through it.
2026-04-21 · 5 min read
Read the guideAround Greater Victoria
Greater Victoria is not one market. Distances, clinics, and the pace of life change from neighbourhood to neighbourhood — and so does the practical shape of care.
2026-05-05 · 5 min read
Read the guideFamily conversations
Probably the hardest conversation in this whole subject — harder than the logistics and harder than the money. How to begin it well.
2026-05-19 · 6 min read
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