Our care
Care in the house, care at home, and support after a death. All of it is free, and all of it starts with a call to 204-555-0142, answered at any hour.
Bur Oak House
915 Kingston Row, at the bend in the river.
Bur Oak House is a two-storey house on Kingston Row with ten private rooms, a shared kitchen, a front room with a fireplace, and a garden that runs down toward the Red River.
A nurse is in the house at every hour, and a doctor comes every day and can be reached overnight. If something changes at three in the morning, someone is already here. There is a social worker, a spiritual care coordinator, and trained volunteers as well, and the kitchen cooks whatever a resident feels like eating that day.
Families stay as long as they like. Every room has a pull-out bed, and there is no visiting schedule. Come at three in the afternoon or three in the morning.
- Rooms
- Ten, each with its own bathroom. Eight open onto the garden.
- Visiting
- Any hour, any day.
- Overnight
- A pull-out bed in every room.
- Pets
- Welcome by arrangement.
- Meals
- Cooked in the house to each resident’s appetite. Families are welcome to use the kitchen.
- Cost
- None. The room, the meals, and the care are free to residents and families.
Bur Oak at Home
Since 2011, Bur Oak at Home has supported people who want to stay in their own homes. Two nurses and a social worker visit across south Winnipeg, from St. Vital and St. Boniface to Fort Garry.
You and the nurse plan each visit around what you need that week: managing symptoms, sorting out equipment, working out how the nights will go, and talking honestly about what is coming.
Every family on the program has one phone number to call at any hour. It reaches a nurse who knows them.
To enrol, call 204-555-0142 or ask your care team to refer you. There is no cost.
Services en français
One nurse and one grief counsellor speak French. Ask for them when you call.
After
Grief support is free and open to anyone in Winnipeg, whether or not we knew the person you lost. There is a walk along the river every Tuesday morning, an eight-week evening group, one-to-one counselling, and a Saturday program for children aged six to twelve.
Who pays for care
Public funding through the regional health authority covers about 60 per cent of the cost of running the house. Donations cover the rest, which is why the room, the meals, and the care are free to every resident.