Home Care Services
The Canadian Red Cross offers personal support and homemaking services to support seniors and those recovering from illness or injury live independently. Services offered include:
- Personal Care - bathing, grooming, assistance with dressing, toileting, and transfers
- Home Management - meal preparation, grocery shopping, errands, light housekeeping and laundry.
- Respite and Companion Care - caregiver/family relief and accompaniment to appointments
Home care services have taken on a more significant role in Canada's health care system in recent years. Community-based and home care is a key solution to meeting the needs of our aging population. If given the choice, most Canadians would choose to age or recover at home. The Canadian Red Cross is a leading solution provider in home care and other support services to enable people to remain within their own homes with comfort and dignity.
Home Care Services are available in the following areas: