The support services for daily living are:
Nourishment support
- Prepare meals with special diet (no salt, no sugar and / or gluten-free);
- Help feed and drink as well as cutting food;
- Personal hygiene (washing hands, face and oral hygiene);
- Store and wash the dishes and clean the spaces used.
Help with partial personal hygiene
- partial hygiene of the person (face, hands, armpits and genitals);
oral hygiene; - Maintain and shave his beard (only electric shaver)
- Clean the bath if supervision when bathing;
- Change bedding if needed;
- Monitoring bathing.
Help with dressing
- Help dress and undress;
- Help at sunrise and sunset.
Incontinence care
- Assist in the toilet with or without commode;
- Empty and clean the bedpan;
- Change incontinence panties and health care.
Help with movements
- Help with balance in the movement;
- Assist in the transfer from bed to chair or other;
- Help in position changes.
Monitoring and recall of the medication.
Respite services – surveillance – presence are:
Constant monitoring of person with cognitive impairment
- Ensure a presence and constant monitoring;
- Never take your eyses off of the beneficiary;
- Ensure support services for daily living, if necessary;
- Perform minor domestic help tasks if the beneficiary is sleeping.
Monitoring with stimulation of people with Alzheimer’s
- Ensure a presence and constant monitoring;
- Never take your eyses off of the beneficiary;
- Ensure support services for daily living, if necessary;
- Use the stimulation package or other stimulation activities;
- Perform minor domestic help tasks if the beneficiary is sleeping.
Unconstant watch permitting other tasks
- Never take your eyses off of the beneficiary;
- Ensure support services for daily living, if necessary;
- Perform minor domestic help tasks if the beneficiary is sleeping.
Click here to view a list of Community Organizations Providing Support to Seniors.
*** Please note that support services for daily life are not subsidized.
