The support services for daily living are:
Nourishment support
- Provide housekeeping services;
- Prepare meals;
- Accompany customers to the grocery store, to the bank;
- Ensure customer comfort;
- Supervise clients with loss of autonomy;
- Perform other duties as required;
- 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 as needed;
- Bath supervision.
- Clothing assistance
- Help dress and undress;
- Help with getting up and going to bed.
Incontinence care
- Help with the toilet with or without a commode;
- Empty and clean the bedpan;
- Change incontinence panties and hygiene care.
- Travel assistance
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.
