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Care & help at home after a stroke in the canton of Bern

26 support services in the canton of Bern. All with a phone number, many with a website.

Continuing to live at home, even with limitations after the stroke – that is what home care (Spitex) is for: nursing, treatment care and household help, prescribed by a doctor and paid by the health insurer, the canton and the municipality. Home care organisations with a public service mandate must accept every person in their area; private home care companies are an additional choice.

Aids such as a walker, a wheelchair or grab rails, adaptations to the home, meal services and transport services make everyday life manageable. Disability insurance or old-age insurance pays for much of it; Pro Senectute, the Red Cross and the municipalities offer much of it.

Family carers need relief themselves. Respite services, day centres and holiday beds give back a few hours or days – ask for them before your strength runs out.

Numbers and names in the canton of Bern

  • By area: Home nursing (16), Respite for relatives (6), Transport service (1), Meals & nutrition (3).
  • 9 services with a public service mandate, responsible depending on your municipality: careköniz AG (vormals Spitex Region Köniz), Spitex Bern AG, Spitex Biel-Bienne Regio AG, Spitex Oberaargau AG, SPITEX ReBeNo AG (Region Bern Nord), SPITEX Region Interlaken AG, SPITEX Region Thun AG, Spitex Seeland AG and 1 more.
  • Available for the whole canton: benevol Kanton Bern, Domicil Bern AG, Entlastungsdienst Schweiz – Kanton Bern, Pro Infirmis Kanton Bern, Reformierte Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz Kanton Bern, Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz Kanton Bern (SRK Bern).
  • 26 entries have been checked by hand by Via Communa.
  • Most services are located in Bern (11), Zollikofen (5), Köniz (2), Langenthal (2), Unterseen (2).

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Home nursing(16)

Respite for relatives(6)

Transport service(1)

Meals & nutrition(3)

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Available throughout Switzerland

These services can be reached from anywhere in the country, by phone or online – in the canton of Bern too.

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