Caring · Community · Canada
Services
Each service is what a NACC Certified PSW can do in the house. The last line of every one is what we will not pretend to do.
01
A personal support worker helps with bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, and moving from bed to chair. The pace is the person's, not a shift change.
We do not provide nursing procedures, wound care, or injections.
02
Meals, a tidy of the rooms we use, company, and the ordinary order of the day. Meant for someone who is safe enough at home and should not be alone for long stretches.
This is not a retirement home and not a clinical day program.
03
A caregiver lives in the home for ongoing non-medical support. Sleep, a private break, and what 'overnight' actually covers are agreed before anyone moves in.
A live-in is not a nurse on duty, and not awake for the entire night unless that was the agreement.
04
A set block of hours so a spouse or adult child can leave the house. The PSW stays with the person who needs care. The point is that you can actually go.
Respite here is not child care and not a drop-in centre.
05
Support at home for someone living with dementia: the same sequence, calm redirection, and a house arranged so the risky things are harder to reach.
We do not diagnose, prescribe, or manage medical treatment for dementia.
06
Extra help after a discharge: getting up, meals, the bathroom, and settling back into rooms they know. We follow the plan the hospital already gave the family.
We do not replace a discharge nurse, change dressings, or decide that a symptom can wait.
07
We remind the person at the times the family has set, and we tell you if a dose was refused or missed. The medication stays in the family's or the pharmacy's system.
We do not administer, pour, crush, or adjust medication. That stays with a nurse, a pharmacist, or the family.
