Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
#ilivewithdementia January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, an opportunity for all Canadians to increase their awareness of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, which continues to have a significant and growing impact across Canada. According to the Government of...
Parkinson’s Care
As you may now know, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disease in Canada, just behind Alzheimer’s. Daily, 25 Canadians are diagnosed; the majority of whom are over 60 years of age and young onset strikes some in their late teens. Unlike...
Traveling Outside of Manitoba With Private Home Care
As a home care client of Partners for Home and a participant in Manitoba's Self/Family Managed Care Program, I have experienced some things with regards to travel that other families should know. To begin with, if anything is a double edged sword, travel would be it....
The Future of Home Care Services in Manitoba
Did you know in December 2016, the Province of Manitoba issued a detailed 20 year report entitled: Future of Home Care Services in Manitoba? The review was commissioned to help develop a more current and comprehensive Home Care plan for the future, that will help to...
An Introduction to Self and Family Managed Care
Our team understands that it can be difficult to find information about some of Manitoba’s Home Care programs online. We hope that you will find this section of our website informative and a valuable resource to assist you with your and your family’s information...
An Introduction to Home Care Services in Manitoba
Did you know that Home care services were first established in Manitoba in September 1974? As a Manitoban, you should be very proud that it was the first of its kind in the country and is the oldest comprehensive, province-wide, universal service in Canada!...
Helping Seniors Overcome Resistance To Care
There are various reasons seniors resist care. They might feel that accepting a hand means loss of independence and control. They may also resist because they don’t want to be a burden to anyone. In reality though, in the golden years, an aging person's body becomes...
Preparing Your Home To Host Senior Loved Ones During The Holidays
While the holidays are a time of cheer and celebration, they are often a time of real loneliness for senior loved ones. Senior citizens face a lot of inevitable losses with the passing away of spouses and friends. It’s also at this time in their lives that their...
Care4u Family Conference 2019
The 2019 Care4u Conference has come and gone. The conference is dedicated to caretakers of all stripes - you don’t need to be employed as a caretaker in order to participate. This conference is put on every year and we wanted to take a...
4 Tips For Organizing Medication
Keeping your medications jumbled up in a mess may result in mix-ups, wasted time spent hunting for the right medication, missing a dose or even overdosing. If you’re taking care of a senior loved one, organizing their medication is imperative. According to medical...
The Benefits of Music therapy for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder that causes brain cells to degenerate and die. Some early signs of AD include forgetting recent events or conversations. As the disease progresses, people with this condition experience cognitive signs...
What is the Difference Between Live-in Care and 24 Hour Home Care?
If you’re taking care of an elderly parent or relative, juggling between their needs and the demands of work, home and children will often result in burnout. In many cases, the ailing elderly have physical and emotional needs that only trained personnel can handle....
Role Reversal: Parenting Your Parents
When your parents start becoming frail as a result of age, a great deal of independence is lost and roles are reversed. Yet for most elderly parents, the battle to accept the loss of independence is a real one. Ageing persons will attempt to hold onto their...
Caring for a Bed Ridden Loved One at Home
When taking care of a bedridden patient, it’s important to pay attention to their emotional and physical and well-being. Knowing what to expect in the period your loved one is bedridden will help you avoid exposing them to health problems associated with being...
Reading for Seniors
Reading a book has profound benefits. We skim and glance at headlines and links online all the time, but the advantages that come from reading a book tend to be greater than those that come from reading articles (yes, even this one). There’s a few reasons that this...
Nursing Home vs. Private Home Care
As the time arrives to decide how to assist an elderly family member through those difficult periods when they are not physically able to take care of themselves, the choice may be a challenging one. How will you know what is right for the elderly individual in your...