Who will care for Mom?
Do you have what it takes?
Home Instead Senior Care and Dr. Amy D’Aprix have prepared a list of questions to ask when searching for a professional caregiver:
- Have they been adequately trained as a caregiver? Dealing with people who suffer from such illnesses as dementia or Alzheimer’s is very demanding.
- Are they experienced?
- What are their limitations? Some caregivers, such as independents, may not be willing to perform certain functions on behalf of seniors in need.
- Can they pass a background check?
- What about backup? If the caregiver is sick, it is important to know that another professional will cover for them.
About Home Instead Senior Care
In Canada, Home Instead Senior Care has 21 independently owned locations in seven provinces. There are 11 in Ontario -- eight in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as in Ottawa, Peterborough and Waterloo. Five are in B. C. -- Kelowna, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, Victoria and White Rock. There are also locations in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Halifax and Charlottetown. Services include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and escorts for errands and shopping. Home Instead Senior Care services are available at home or in care facilities from a few hours per week up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Home Instead Senior Care prepares its caregivers to look for signs of abuse in the elderly and provides caregiver training that is unmatched in the industry. Recently, Home Instead Senior Care received the Best Employer Award for 50-Plus Canadians from The Workplace Institute. Home Instead Senior Care also offers an Alzheimer’s training program to its caregivers; this training program is the first of its kind for non-medical caregivers.
Home Instead Senior Care is the world’s largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship services for seniors with more than 800 independently-owned-and-operated locations in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the U. K., Spain, South Korea, Austria, Finland and Taiwan. For more information about the company and its owners click here.
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