Personal Care
The kind of help your parent would actually accept.
You noticed it on a Sunday visit. Your mother's blouse was buttoned wrong, her hair unwashed. She laughed it off—said she just didn't feel like fussing today. But the laundry pile told a different story, and the bruise on her hip meant she'd fallen again getting out of the tub.
When Getting Dressed Becomes the Hardest Part of the Day
This is how it starts for most Montreal families. The everyday tasks your parent handled for sixty years—showering, getting dressed, walking to the kitchen—quietly become exhausting, painful, or dangerous. Falls are the leading cause of injury hospitalization among Canadian seniors, with 20-30% of older adults falling each year. In 2018, the direct cost of fall-related injuries for adults 65+ was estimated at $5.6 billion nationally. Behind every statistic is a family like yours, trying to figure out what to do next.
Personal care fills that gap—not by taking over your parent's life, but by giving them the steady hand, patient presence, and practiced skill that turns a risky morning routine into a safe one. Our préposés aux bénéficiaires hold Quebec's DEP certification (870 hours of clinical and practical training), and every one of them understands something textbooks don't teach: the person they're helping used to do all of this alone, and that matters.
We work alongside your CLSC, not instead of it. If the public system covers a weekly bath visit, we fill the other six mornings. If your parent needs help transferring from bed to wheelchair every day, we're there at the time they choose—not whenever a rotating schedule allows. With Quebec's 40% maintien à domicile tax credit, personal care at home costs families far less than most expect.
- Your parent gets up, gets clean, and gets dressed safely—every single morning, on their own schedule
- Fall risk drops because a trained caregiver handles transfers, tub entry, and walking support
- The same familiar face arrives each visit—not a different stranger every week
- CLSC services stay in place; we cover the hours and tasks they can't
- Skin issues, pressure sores, and hygiene-related infections get caught early by someone watching daily
- Your parent keeps choosing what to wear, when to shower, and how their day starts—independence stays intact
- You stop worrying about that phone call—the one where the hospital says your parent fell again
- Quebec's 40% tax credit means $38/hour effectively costs about $23/hour after the refund
Who Benefits from Personal Care?
- Your parent has fallen—or almost fallen—getting in or out of the bathtub, and you can't be there every morning
- You've noticed unwashed hair, unchanged clothes, or weight loss and suspect they've stopped managing daily hygiene
- They're recovering from hip surgery, a stroke, or a hospital stay and need hands-on support to rebuild daily routines
- Arthritis, Parkinson's, or another chronic condition has made buttoning a shirt or gripping a railing genuinely difficult
- The CLSC provides a weekly bath visit, but your parent needs daily help with dressing, toileting, or transfers
- You've been helping with intimate care yourself—and the role reversal is straining your relationship
- Incontinence has become a daily reality, and your parent deserves someone trained to handle it with real discretion
- Your family is debating whether it's time for a residence, and you want to see if the right home care makes a difference first
What's Included
Bathing & Shower Support
Tub transfers, shower chair positioning, water temperature checks, hair washing, and full body hygiene—handled with practiced patience. Our caregivers assess the bathroom setup on the first visit and recommend grab bars, non-slip mats, or layout changes that prevent falls before they happen.
Dressing & Wardrobe Help
Choosing weather-appropriate outfits, managing buttons and zippers with arthritic hands, putting on compression stockings, and adapting clothing after surgery. The goal is always to support—not replace—your parent's choices about what they wear and how they present themselves.
Grooming & Oral Care
Hair brushing and styling, electric razor or manual shaving, dental and denture care, nail trimming, and skin moisturizing. These aren't cosmetic extras—research consistently links personal grooming to self-esteem and mental health in older adults, and skipping them is often the first sign of decline.
Mobility & Transfer Assistance
Bed-to-chair, chair-to-standing, bed-to-wheelchair, and bathroom transfers using proper body mechanics. Our préposés are trained in safe lifting techniques that protect both your parent and themselves. For clients with walkers or wheelchairs, we assist with indoor navigation and outdoor walks.
Toileting & Continence Care
Scheduled bathroom assistance, incontinence product changes, perineal care, and skin integrity monitoring—handled with the discretion and matter-of-factness that preserves dignity. Caregivers track patterns and communicate changes to your CLSC nurse or family physician when appropriate.
Skin Monitoring & Wound Prevention
Daily observation for redness, pressure marks, rashes, or early-stage skin breakdown—especially for clients who spend long hours seated or in bed. Lotion application, repositioning reminders, and communication with the care team if something changes. Catching a pressure sore at stage one costs nothing; treating one at stage three costs everything.
Our Whole Person Approach to Personal Care
Physical Activity
Safe bathing, assisted transfers, and supported mobility exercises that rebuild confidence and reduce fall risk — every visit.
Diet & Meals
Meals prepared around dietary restrictions, hydration monitoring, and eating support that respects your parent's preferences and medical needs.
Social Ties
Dignity in daily routines — because being treated with respect during intimate care preserves your parent's sense of self and social confidence.
Mental Stimulation
Engagement during care routines, conversation, and cognitive activities woven naturally into the time your caregiver spends with your parent.
Calmness & Purpose
Preserving independence wherever possible — your parent still chooses what to wear, when to eat, and how their day begins.
Frequently Asked Questions
“After Dad's stroke, I was helping him shower every morning and it was breaking both of us. His caregiver gives him back his dignity — and gives me back my role as his daughter, not his nurse.”
Robert Bhatt
Côte-Saint-Luc
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