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Long-Term Care at Totem Lodge

Medical mask policy in effect during respiratory illness season

Masks are currently required in all patient care areas of hospitals, long-term care facilities and community health-care sites and clinics. Please do not enter these facilities if you have cold or flu-like symptoms, such as runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough, shortness of breath/trouble breathing, diarrhea or vomiting. Do not enter these facilities if you feel unwell, no matter how mild the symptoms. 

Visitors to long-term care and seniors’ assisting living facilities need to wear a medical mask in common areas and when participating in indoor events in common areas. 

Thank you for helping keep patients and staff healthy this season.

Long-term care provides professional care and supervision to adults in a supportive and secure environment. The services are available to people with complex care needs or conditions who cannot live safely and independently at home.

How to access

  • Check eligibility and referral options

    Home and community care services have general eligibility criteria based on citizenship, residency, age and health condition, and specific criteria for each service based on your assessed needs.

    You can contact the home and community care intake line to arrange for care or have a health-care professional make a referral on your behalf.

    Review the full eligibility criteria and how to arrange home and community care services.

  • Languages available

    ​​The primary language spoken is English, but our staff members try to honour and support each elder’s unique cultural, ethnic and language backgrounds.

Hours of operation

Currently closed
  • Monday:   8:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Tuesday:   8:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Wednesday:   8:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Thursday:   8:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Friday:   8:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Saturday:   Closed
  • Sunday:   Closed

This care home provides 24-hour nursing care. Visiting hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.

Totem Lodge

Totem Lodge is a single storey, wood frame building located next to Sechelt/shίshálh Hospital in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. The building was originally built in 1980’s and officially opened in 1988. Many of rooms have forest and mountain views or overlook our garden patios.

Long-Term Care

Long-term care homes provide professional care and supervision to adults in a supportive and secure environment. The services are available to people with complex care needs and physical and/or mental health conditions who cannot live safely and independently at home.