Why We Do What We Do
Ideal Caregivers 4u provides peace of mind and support for aging loved ones. As a senior home care center since 1998, we know how important it is to have family cared for in a way that enhances their lives and gives them the assistance and the companionship that they need at this time.
We Provide Care When Families Can't
Families today often find it difficult to provide for their elderly parents. Because of all of the attention and support that they need, it can be challenging to fit proper care in the comforts of their homes into your regular day. We can provide the assistance for daily living as well as the companionship that they need throughout their week.
We Ensure Friendship and Attention
Friendship and emotional support are important to your parents in their elder years. Especially when they don’t have routines that involve groups, there isn’t an opportunity for them to meet with people. Surrounding them with everything they are accustomed to helps them stay engaged and happy, and we make sure to give the attention and visitation that they need.
Our Services
The friendly and responsive Personal Caregivers and Personal Support Workers that your parents will be able to work with understand the importance to your loved ones for them to be able to live independently while still living comfortably and being close to family.
Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Our team of Specialists provides compassionate and attentive home health care for loved ones with Alzheimer's or Dementia. Short and long-term stay services are available.
Personal Health Care Services
Our experienced Personal Support Care Workers offer personal and hygiene care services in your loved one's home or a retirement living facility. Services include bathing, restroom activities, incontinence care, grooming, personal hygiene, dressing, walking and daily routine activities.
Convalescent Care
After a period of hospitalization, due to chronic illness or injury, our team members can provide care to your loved one as they recover. Contact us for short-term or long-term options.
Companionship
Our trained, friendly team members provide companionship in retirement homes and nursing facilities. Whether it's just to have someone to talk to, participate in activities, or take them for a walk in the garden, we are there.
Respite Care
Whether it's for a few hours a week or long-term, we provide temporary relief for caregivers and families, enabling you to take a much needed rest. Respite care can take place in the home, retirement community, or nursing facilities.
Overnight Care
Our overnight care services are customized for your loved ones to aid them in the following: recovery after hospital discharge, physical impairments and walking difficulties; dementia and sleepwalking; and post-operative and palliative care.
24-hour Around-the-Clock Care
We support clients who need care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether it be short-term or the long-term and design packages based on your specific family needs at any time of the day.
Short-Notice Care
We support clients who require urgent care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether it be for the short-term or the long-term. Contact us right away and we can have one of our trained team members to there in 60 minutes!
Meal Assistance Program
Our caregivers provide optimal assistance to your loved ones who forget to eat or need help to eat at mealtime. We see meals as a time to provide nutrition, love and caring, and a time to socialize. We are there to ensure your loved ones eat their breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Healthy Cooking & Meal Planning
At-home cooking and meal preparation and planning is a great way to ensure that your loved one is getting the proper nutrition they need, safely, by one of our trained team members.
Transportation / Accompaniment
It can be challenging to escort your loved ones to medical appointments. Let us arrange transportation and accompany them to their medical appointments.
House Cleaning
From seniors needing assistance with daily routines to individuals with chronic illnesses, our team can provide house cleaning, laundry, linen changes, pet care, conversation and entertainment. Our care allows seniors to stay in their homes in a safe and clean environment.
Live Daily Care Call Services
Our Caregiver will encourage your loved ones' daily wellness, activities and make sure they don't feel isolated from society. A friendly conversation to enhance their lifestyle, needs and health.
Live Video Care Calls
If you're not able to visit in person, we can conduct a video phone call to see and hear your loved ones! Times and dates can be scheduled at your convenience during our shifts, and our caregivers will be happy to connect with you so that you may see and speak with your loved one in real-time.
Palliative and End-of-Life Doula Care
Everyone deserves comfort, quality of life, and respect for personal treatment decisions and cultural or spiritual concerns. We provide support at home or in a care facility
Ideal Caregivers 4U
Provides You And Your Loved Ones With Health Care At Home.
Compassionate Personal Caregivers and Personal Support Workers understand the importance of being close to family and living comfortably and as independently as possible.
Ideal Caregivers 4u provide everything from accompanying one to an appointment and assisting with personal needs while in a long-term care facility to 24-hour care live-in.
Companionship Care
The companion services that we offer enable clients to participate in everyday living activities. Clients are independent in most areas of Daily Living but benefit from a companion to assist with socialization and community engagement. Companions provide basic housekeeping and care for the sick, elderly, or those recovering from injury/illness.
Tier One Level
Our Tier One level of care includes Companionship Service and is provided to clients who have some level of independence. They may need reminders to perform Activities of Daily Living and engage with others through companionship and participation, as well as supervision to ensure that tasks can be performed correctly and safely. Care Providers may plan and accompany clients to activities and social events and promote health by adhering to client's diet, medication, and exercise plans.
Tier Two Care
Our Tier Two level of care includes Companionship services and is provided to clients with moderate to full impairments that effect multiple Activities of Daily Living. The client requires a comprehensive level of assistance personal care, such as bathing, dressing, grooming. Supervision or assistance during tasks and activities to ensure that tasks are performed correctly and safely.
Additional Care
This level of care may include short-notice or urgent emergency care, Palliative care, overnight care services, post-hospital visits or isolation care due to COVID restrictions. Our team will be better able to assess the care required during our initial meeting.
Testimonials
"I have been with IDC 4U for at least 5yrs now. I am very happy with all the daily care I receive and I have become close to the staff over the years. Staff from IDC 4U are very nice and dependable. I am happy I can rely on such great people to look after myself and my sister Helen. I can't walk or sometimes and I have a hard time expressing myself so you as my caregivers are my voice, arms, and legs. IDC 4U takes me where I can't go myself and I feel lucky to have people like this."
– Stuart and Helen, Ottawa, ON
"Thank you so very much for all the care you have provided for my parents over the last three months. Being 67 years old, living 1.5 hours away from my parents and their only offspring there have been many times when I have needed your immediate help. My Mom, due to her health care needs, requires a sitter with her at all times. When my Dad has required Emergency care and had to leave Mom alone, you have always come through. Thanks again for your excellent care."
– Dianne L, Ottawa, ON
"I wish to thank you for sending us the caregiver team. They were excellent caregivers and treated my father with dignity and compassion. They responded to his sometimes unrealistic requests with care and professionalism. Thank you for your daily 12-hour support."
– Thomas, Ottawa, ON
"Your caregivers were so very good! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!"
– K. Marks, Ottawa, ON
"A six-star rating really. The service we receive from Ideal Caregivers 4U has been outstanding! They are very flexible, Mom has needed anywhere from 3 to 24-hour care and Nancy is always quick to respond to our schedule changes (many times last minute). A fantastic crew of caregivers have taken care of Mom over the past year and have been very professional and personal in dealing with her every changing requirements. Special thanks to all for taking a keen interest in Mom's well-being!"
– Peter Dole, Ottawa, ON
“IDC 4u are precise, caring, warm, dedicated professionals willing and able to go the extra mile. I will always be grateful for the care and companionship Carol and her excellent staff provided my mother when her Alzheimer’s made constant attention necessary in the last year of her life. It was a comfort to know they were there when we weren’t able to be and to read their carefully detailed notes afterwards. They were much-loved companions as much as attendants. Thank you."
– Ron E, Ottawa, ON
“Alice is a wonderful person in my mother’s life. She accompanies her twice weekly as I live out of town. I am at peace of mind knowing my mother is in great caring hands.”
– Mr. Williams, Ottawa, ON
“Nicole is simply the most thorough and efficient housekeeper. What she accomplishes in 3 hours would take me all day and after hip surgery, she is a big asset to my life.”
– Mrs. LeMay, Ottawa, ON
"My father has Alzheimer's and lives in a nursing home. I do not live in Ottawa, so I cannot visit him every day. I met Carol about 6 years ago. I was looking for someone to visit dad and stimulate his memory. Carol visits dad three times a week. They go for walks, read books and sometimes just sit and talk. They have become good friends. Dad jokingly calls her his "babysitter". Having Carol visit dad gives me peace of mind. She watches out for him! Thank you IDC 4u!"
– Kelly F, Ottawa, ON
"The caregivers show good work ethic by being attentive and taking care of my mom’s needs. We have the perfect match with our primary caregiver, Alice. She and my mom have become best friends. There is no way to measure how much Alice and IDC 4u have helped improve my mom’s quality of life. It makes all the difference in world.”
– Mrs. Brown, Ottawa, ON
"My caregiver does a beautiful job for me. I have never had it so good! She is wonderful and quite worth it. She is simply one of a kind."
– Dorothy J, Ottawa, ON
"I was immediately impressed by the warm and friendly atmosphere of the office and by the owner, who was very up-front and real. I felt very at home with her and very at ease. The caregivers are not just employees. We are a family and a team. We look out for one another, and we look out for the owner as well. She is supportive of our situations and is always there to encourage us to grow in our experience and knowledge."
– Angie, Ottawa, ON
"IDC 4u was one of the agencies suggested to us for my dad by the hospital when he was being discharged about 6 months ago. The owner is a woman who met with us in the hospital and the needed care and answered all our questions carefully. After consulting with the hospital's social worker we hired IDC 4u. We interview 3 caregivers and now my dad has 2 live-in caregivers for 6 days a week. They are both well trained and experienced. We finally have peace of mind that my dad is in good hands.”
– Rod, Ottawa, ON
“They have excellent service. The caregivers are all professional and they come in dressed respectfully. They tend to all of my mother’s needs. They prepare food for her, help her with housekeeping and help her with anything else. We haven’t had any issues with IDC 4u from day one.”
– Fred, Ottawa, ON
"Just a note to say thank you for the service your agency has given my parents for the last few years. You supplied great assistance and allowed them to stay in their home. Your caregiver really gave us peace of mind knowing she gave them so much love and care."
– P. Barker, Ottawa, ON
"I thank you so much for the help that your caregiver provides to my father. She is absolutely wonderful and I don’t know what I would do without her."
– R. Jones, Ottawa, ON
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