Elderly Care Services
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Elderly Care Services atHome
♦ The nursing care - including help to take medications, change
bandages and clean wounds, or recover from an injury or health
problem
♦ The physiotherapy - including help for back pain, mobility problems,
blood circulation, pain relief and relaxation
♦ The occupational therapy - including help to make day-to-day activities
easier and make it easier to move around in your home
♦ The speech-language pathology - including assistance for seniors who
have difficulty speaking or understanding speech
♦ The social work - including help for caregivers to cope and manage
stress and help for families to address conflicts
♦ The healthy eating - including help to assess eating habits and create a
healthy eating plan
Those are the professional services available.
You may be eligible for personal support services to help you
with activities of daily living, including:
♥ washing and bathing
♥ mouth care
♥ hair care
♥ preventative skin care
♥ routine hand or foot care
♥ getting in and out of chairs, vehicles or beds
♥ dressing and undressing
♥ eating
♥ toileting
You may be eligible for homemaking services if you are also
receiving personal support services or you require constant
supervision as a result of a cognitive impairment or acquired brain
injury. Homemaking services include:
♥ housecleaning
♥ doing laundry
♥ shopping
♥ banking
♥ paying bills
♥ planning menus
♥ preparing menus
♥ caring for children
Many organizations provide community care for seniors and other
people who may need supports to continue living independently at
home.
Note: You may have to pay a fee for some of these programs and some
listed services are offered only in larger communities.
These services include:
♣ meal services
♣ transportation services
♣ caregiver support and respite services
♣ adult day programs
♣ home maintenance and repair services
♣ friendly visiting services
♣ security checks or reassurance services
♣ social or recreational services
♣ client intervention and assistance services
♣ emergency response services
♣ foot care services
♣ home help referral services
♣ independence training
♣ palliative care education and consultation services
♣ psychogeriatric consulting services relating to Alzheimer’s disease
and related dementias
♣ public education services relating to Alzheimer’s disease and
related dementias
♣ services for persons with blindness or visual impairment
♣ services for persons with deafness, congenital hearing loss or
acquired hearing loss
♣ bereavement services
♣ behavioural supports
♣ education, prevention, and awareness services about:
♣ home and community care services
♣ mental health and addictions
chronic disease management
♣ aphasia and communication disorders
♣ vocational training and education for persons with a cognitive or
physical impairment to assist them to enter the work force or
education system in the community