This service is designed to support the interval caregivers throughout their actions, to contribute to maintain home support and to prevent their exhaustion. It is available through the Candiac branch.
Available services:
welcoming and support
referrals and various information
training group “give help without complete exhaustion”
meetings, discussion groups
seminars
self help group
various social activities
support for home support caregivers
Cost: free
Admissibility: For anyone giving support to a dependent or senior family member, living on the Kateri C.L.S.C. territory.
Respite or interval caregivers : someone who takes care of a family member who is becoming dependent, meaning who has a permanent or temporary disability because of a handicap, an accident, a sickness or because of his old age. (ref “les aidants naturels” R.O.M.A.N., December 1999).
