Aging at Home
Age at home with the utmost care.
The Aging at Home Program serves seniors with disabilities, providing personal support and essential homemaking services. Some of the services offered could include assistance with personal grooming and hygiene, bathing and washing, toileting, rinsing and retiring, dressing and undressing, transferring, meal preparation, laundry and light housekeeping.
For more information about Aging at Home, please contact:
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In home Respite
Respite support is just as important for you as it is for your loved one.
The Respite Program is a home care support service which allows you to schedule temporary relief from your role as a caregiver. This offers safe support for your loved one and helps alleviate the stress and strain that can be placed on relationships during day-to-day care. Services could include personal care, homemaking, and supervision.
Available in these locations:
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Community Supportive Housing
Personal support in a safe, residential setting.
Community Supportive Housing is supported by a partnership between Carefor and Cornwall & Area Housing Corporation. The program serves adults with disabilities by providing personal support services and essential housekeeping services in a safe environment. Attendant care staff are on-site 24/7, and provide non=medical support care.
Available in these locations:
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Assisted Living Services
If you need some extra help at home.
A Home and Community Care Support Services funded program, Carefor’s Assisted Living Services are community-based health care services that provide eligible seniors living in Pembroke with the assistance they need to allow you to continue living on your own for as long as possible.
Available at these locations:
Home & Community Care
Phone: 310-2272
Toll-free: 1-800-538-0520
healthcareathome.ca
Services Include:
- Washing/bathing
- Mouth care
- Preventative skin care
- Transferring/positioning/turning
- Dressing/undressing
- Toileting or incontinence care
- Homemaking
- Safety and reassurance checks
- 24 hour urgent response
There is no cost for these services. Spaces are limited and there may be a waitlist.
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Homemaking
Homemaking Services help seniors stay at home longer.
The Program provides tailored light housekeeping services for seniors and physically disabled adults living at home. To qualify for the program, clients are assessed by a Carefor team member. There is a minimal cost for the services, which may include housekeeping tasks like cleaning, laundry and changing linens.
Services offered
- Dusting
- Vacuuming
- Cleaning bathrooms
- Making the bed/changing linens
- Laundry
- Washing floors
- Cleaning kitchen and bathroom surfaces
- Cleaning appliances
- Emptying garbage
Eligibility
Seniors over 65 years of age who meet the requirements based on the mandatory InterRai CHA health assessment.
*Note: There is currently a waitlist for this service. You will be contacted as soon as your referral can be reviewed.
Available in these locations:
Homemaking Intake Coordinator
Phone: 613-740-5783
Email: homemaking@carefor.ca
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Rehabilitation Services
Helping you maintain function and choice in how you want to live.
Our experienced and trained rehabilitation team offer services to help you build and maintain independence offering you support in your home.
Our home care rehabilitation services in Ottawa include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics and social work support.
Rehabilitation services are often provided through physician referral but we do also offer private services. Click below to learn more and book an appointment for the service(s) you require.
Book An Appointment
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Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy appointment
Occupational therapy assistant appointment
Private services:
Initial visit: $140
Follow up: $105 - Physiotherapy
- Social Work
- Dietetics
Toll-free: 1-833-922-2734
Services offered
By the numbers
of home care clients rate Carefor’s services as good or excellent.
appointments by Carefor rehabilitation staff in 2022.
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Personal Support Services
Carefor Personal Support Workers are available 24/7 to support you, offering independence, connection and caring, whether at home, in a retirement home or assisted living.
We offer home care personal support services in Ottawa, Pembroke-Renfrew County and Eastern Counties that gives you and your family peace of mind.
Carefor also provides Client Care Workers as part of our Inner City Health Partnership with Shepherds of Good Hope and Ottawa Inner City Health to support people living with homelessness across Ottawa.
Personal Care & Exercises
Including bathing assistance, grooming, dressing, and feeding.
Respite & Companionship
Have a PSW offer you a break in the care of your loved one.
Light housekeeping
Including laundry, light meal preparation and more
Available at these locations:
Toll-free: 1-833-922-2734
Personal Support Services by Region
By the numbers
of home care clients rate Carefor’s services as good or excellent.
hours of care provided by Carefor PSWs in 2022
On April 9th, Carefor PSW Murphy Akangoziri had his appointments for the day. Among them was Fortunato Furano, a 93 year-old client he supports every Tuesday with dressing and some […]
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Personal Support Workers are the pillars of community health care, keeping people safe, healthy, and connected in their homes. Make a positive impact in the lives of those most vulnerable in your community by joining the Carefor team
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Nursing
Exceptional, compassionate care in your home.
Our nurses will develop and deliver an individualized care plan to help you improve your quality of life or to help you end your journey with comfort and dignity. Our nursing clinic and home care services in Ottawa give you and your family peace of mind.
Nursing Clinics Include
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- Complex wound care
- Ostomy care
- Palliative care
- Intravenous therapy
- Health monitoring
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Available at these locations:
*Not walk-in clinics
Ottawa East End
760 Belfast Road
Ottawa, ON K1G 6M8
Toll-free: 1-833-922-2734
7 days a week
8:00AM – 4:30PM
By the numbers
of home care clients would recommend Carefor to their family and friends.
visits provided by Carefor nurses in 2022.
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