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!...
Tips for a Successful Recovery of a Hip Replacement
In conjunction with following your doctor’s discharge plan for physical therapy and exercise, it is vital that you make some changes to your house. Preparing your house with the same care that is shown to your physical recovery is going to set you up for success....
Partners for Home Are Your Highly Specialized Home Care Professionals
If the fountain of youth existed, you’d likely benefit more by running to the fountain than drinking from it. Remaining active is critical to prevent the rapid acceleration of aging in the body. Here, Partners for Home, your highly specialized home care professionals...
Winnipeg Company Partners For Home Receives Five-Star Review From Delighted Customer
Winnipeg CA - Partners for Home, a home care services provider, based in Winnipeg Canada, is delighted to announce that they have recently received a five-star review about the services they provide. The review was written and posted on the companies Google page by...
Resistance
Life is a progression of change and resistance to change. We want to change in areas where we feel it could promote growth, agency and well-being; we resist changes that we believe will strip us of these things. Resistance is our natural defense system against the...
Ways to Improve Your Sleep Habits
As you age, the kind of sleep you get changes pretty dramatically. This is obvious from a very young age; consider how much babies sleep, how much teenagers sleep, and how much you slept as an adult. The amount of sleep we get tends to decrease as we age, in part...
Hiring a Recognized Home Care Service
The reasons you might be looking into home care services are varied, but the results are the same; you need help doing daily activities. That might mean help with groceries and meal-prep, it might mean help showering, eating and moving around. You might need help for...
Tips For Staying in Touch With Aging Loved Ones
The modern world is a busy, hectic place. There’s a lot to be done on any given day, and we tend to try to schedule it very rigidly; from getting to and from work, to our chores at home, taking care of kids, going to events, meetings outside of work, your at-home...
Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement
On our last blog post, we looked and the Canada Pension Plan and its associated Disability Benefit. These benefits are contribution based; in short, you pay money into them, and you get pension based on the amount of money you’ve contributed. Today, we’ll take a...
Optometry for Seniors
A plethora of changes to our health can occur as we age. From a greater susceptibility to disease to a weakening of physical structures, aging alters the body in indelible ways. That’s why while it’s important for everyone to make regular visits to health care...
Canada Pension Plan and Disability Benefits
There are a variety of age-related benefits offered by the Government of Canada for seniors; understanding these is incredibly complex, so this will be a high-level survey of what is offered and how to obtain it. In our next blog post, we’ll talk about eligibility for...