Elder Care in Oshawa, Ontario

Tender Arms helps you or your loved one enjoy greater independence in the home. With each home visit our Personal Support Workers and Home Care staff deliver not just health care, but Client Centred Care. We focus on daily achievements of our clients and supporting staff, by making empathy and encouragement a part of every visit. - Your Life, Your Care, Your Choice! Tender Arms Home Care employees (Home Care Worker) will direct their efforts in a manner that will provide the highest quality service to Tender Arms clients and advance the goals of Tender Arms. Home Care Services Include: Detailed cleaning of bathrooms and kitchens Washing of cupboard fronts and floors Dusting of baseboards, pictures, lamp shades knick-knacks, window sills, furniture and light fixtures Complete vacuuming in every room Spot cleaning of walls and more. Support Services provided by General a trained ("Personal Support Worker"), when a person is unable to manage their personal care or when the person regularly responsible for these activities is temporarily absent or unable to manage the clients personal care. Personal Support Services Include: Meal preparation Assistance with instrumental activities of daily living Companionship Emotional support Social stimulation Monitoring of the safety and well being of the client Personal Care Companion Aide Palliative Care Dementia Care Acquired Brain Injury Intravenous Care Acute care post hospitalization Chronic disease management Pediatric Mental Health Foot care Wound Care Respite Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psycho social and spiritual. Palliative care: provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms; affirms life and regards dying as a normal process; intends neither to hasten or postpone death; integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care; offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death; offers a support system to help the family cope during the patients illness and in their own bereavement; uses a team approach to address the needs of patients and their families, including bereavement counselling, if indicated; will enhance quality of life, and may also positively influence the course of illness; is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and includes those investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications.