Carefree Concierge - Moving in Winnipeg Made Easy

Carefree Concierge - Moving in Winnipeg Made Easy

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Leroy Peters, President

email: info@carefreeconcierge.ca

Call or text: 204-330-6629

Business Hours: M-F, 8am - 7pm; Saturday 10am-3pm.

Website: www.carefreeconcierge.ca

Right at Home Canada

Right at Home Canada
Home Health Care and Assistance
1004 Pembina Highway
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 1Z5

Phone: (204) 900-8621

Website: www.RightAtHomeCanada.com/Winnipeg

Companionship and physical assistance; dementia specialists, homemaking and meal preparation, transportation and errands, hygiene and personal care, nursing support, MVA specialists and rehabilitation, navigation and education.

We will be family, when family cannot be there.

Adding life to your years... It's what we do.

Older Driver Concerns

Helpful links and resources:

Family Conversations with Older Drivers: https://www.thehartford.com/resources/mature-market-excellence/family-conversations-with-older-drivers

JTRC Care Services Inc.

JTRC Care Services Inc.

Making Your Life Better

Serving the Winnipeg Community

Phone: (204) 998-0654 or (204) 807-1508

Email: jtrc2018@yahoo.com

Assistance in bed transfer and mobilizing, personal care, incontinence care, bathing, meal preparation, grocery shopping, light domestic duties, social support, companionship, recreational activities, live-ins, sleep-ins, in-home hairdressing.

Personalized and affordable services are available 7 days a week, 4 hours per day to 24-hour care.

Driving Assessment and Skills Upgrade

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Lou Gervino Driving School
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ph: (204) 960-6515
email: lgervino@yahoo.com

Are you concerned about your driving? Has anyone else told you they are concerned?

It's hard to admit when your driving skills may need some fine-tuning or a check-up!  Plus, you may not want to seek help because what if your driving skills aren't up to par and you are afraid of being reported and losing your license?

Contact Lou Gervino for a CONFIDENTIAL driving assessment. Trust him to give you an honest and professional evaluation of your skills. If he feels some areas need to be worked on, he will suggest more driving lessons so that you can improve or correct your weak areas. Lou is not legally bound to report your driving assessment results to anyone.

If you are not ready to hang up the keys yet, and you want to stay safe (and keep others safe, too), call Lou. He says if your skills don't improve with lessons, and the police or someone else reports you to Driver and Vehicle Licensing, you may end up having your driver's license suspended. He says it's better to be proactive and get an assessment and some driving lessons. This will help you be a more careful driver and may keep you on the road longer. 

Get a confidential professional assessment and help now, before you may be involuntarily drawn into the motor vehicle branch system. An assessment and a few lessons now may prevent that.


Lou Gervino Driving School - https://sites.google.com/site/lougervinodrivingschool/

Your Yoga

Your Yoga

From the website:

Your Yoga is a small, boutique studio located in the Charleswood area of south west Winnipeg, Manitoba. We believe yoga is for everybody and every body, regardless of your age, shape or experience. Let us help you find Your Yoga.

We offer a variety of classes to get you started or to help you along your journey. Girlvana yoga is a class designed specifically for young women 13 - 17 years.

All YouR yogA classes are designed following proven exercise principles, and options are provided (and encouraged) in every class to make the class work for you. You have permission to make this YOUR YOGA - as long as you are staying safe. Our goal is to help you reach the overall state of physical and mental well being that yoga can provide. Plus we have a great community - lots of laughs, love and sharing.

 Your first class is free! (Winnipeg and area residents)

It's All About Us

It's All About Us - Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Bell Estate Room, Lions Place.

A confidential group for older adults who are thinking about, or getting ready to reduce or stop their use of alcohol, sedatives, pain killers or gambling, or are looking for ongoing support to maintain recovery with addiction, anxiety and depression. Led by peer facilitators. Please call Melanie Reimer at 204-772-3533 for more information.

Broadway Seniors Resource Center

Health Management Group Programs

WRHA - Primary Care - MyHealth Teams

Health Management Group Program Guide - http://www.wrha.mb.ca/community/primarycare/guide.php

Includes the following programs*:

• COPD Esentials
• COPD Medications
• Craving Change (eating habits)
• Living Well with Pain
• Get Better Together (take control of your health; learn and practice skills)
• Committing to Quit (smoking)
• Heart Health Essentials
• Exercise HealthSense
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation

*Courses offered can vary. Click on the above link for info on the most current schedule. 

Golden Healthcare Resources

Golden Healthcare Resources

2-441 Carlton St.Winnipeg, MBR3B 3A2
Fax: 204-772-4583

Phone: 204-772-4499

Website: www.goldenhr.ca

This company provides private one-on-one care in home and in personal care homes. It has been in Winnipeg since 2007 and it has been successful in providing relief staffing of nurses, health care aides, and support workers to most of the personal care homes in Winnipeg. It is now expanding it's private one-on-one care.

Senior Care Best Practices Resources (Canadian)

Canadian Senior Care Best Practices Resources

Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) - http://ccsmh.ca/

From the website: "The Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) is hard at work ensuring that seniors' mental health is recognized as a key Canadian health and wellness issue. Working with partners across the country, the CCSMH is busy facilitating initiatives to enhance and promote seniors' mental health." 

National Institute for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) - http://www.nicenet.ca/  

From the website: "​NICE is an international network of researchers, practitioners and students dedicated to improving the care of older adults, both in Canada and abroad.

Our members represent a broad spectrum of disciplines and professions, including geriatric medicine, gerontological nursing, gerontological social work, gerontology, rehabilitation science, sociology, psychology, policy, law and older adults themselves and their caregivers."



**Please let us know if you have any other relevant Canadian resources to add to this list. 

Angela G. Gentile, MSW, RSW

Grant Park Hearing Centre

Grant Park Hearing Centre
Located on the 2nd floor in the Grant Park Shopping Centre
203-1120 Grant Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3M 2A6

Phone: (204) 453-5565
Fax: (204) 284-9438

Email: info@grantparkhearingcentre.com
Website: www.grantparkhearingcentre.com

New House Call Service

Mobile Denture Services

Mobile Denture Services
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Bryan M. Daien, D.D. Denturist
Ph: (204) 791-9792

website: www.daiendentureclinic.ca

AccuCare Canada Inc.

Accucare Canada Inc.
Compression Therapy Centre
4th Floor - 400 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R2H 3C3

Phone: (204) 237-1621  24 hours

Website: www.accucarecanada.com

Residential Organizing Winnipeg

Residential Organizing Winnipeg ROW
Trained Professional Organizer

Phone: (431) 777-0793

email: info@residentialorganizing.ca

Website: www.residentialorganizing.ca

From the website:

ORGANIZED SOLUTIONS

We provide practical and easy solutions for your home, office and life.
Each person’s needs are unique and we will bring to you sensible and customized solutions.

FORWARD THINKING

We provide home and office organizing solutions for the long-term. Our help will be a light at the end of the tunnel.

MY CLIENT STRATEGY

We work with you to design a customized action plan. Decluttering and organizing different areas.

BEYOND THE BOX

We strongly believe in delivering innovative strategies to your decluttering and organizing projects. We bring ideas for space optimization.

Needles 2 Pins

Needles 2 Pins. Handmade gifts and apparel. Custom sewing and knitting.

Adapting existing clothing for seniors and the disabled.

Phone: (204) 771-7942 (Alice Maruca)
email: needles2pins@hotmail.com

Pants/Jeans/Skirts
Sweaters/Shirts/Under Vests
Night Gowns
Zippers/Buttons

Alterations
Velcro fasteners or snaps

Parkinson Canada

Parkinson Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Phone: (204) 786-2637

Website: http://www.parkinson.ca/site/c.kgLNIWODKpF/b.9362273/

Movers & Shakers Exercise Groups - North Kildonan, St. Vital/St. Boniface, Transcona
Support Groups - Caregivers, Movers & Shakers, St. James, Young Onset

Search terms: Parkinson's

Delivery Central

Delivery Central. Bringing groceries right to your doorstep.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Phone: (204) 898-0902

Website: https://deliverycentral.wixsite.com/deliverycentral

Includes stores like Sobey's, Walmart, Superstore, Dino's, Bharat and India Spice House.

Nurse Check - Online Verification System

College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba - https://www.crnm.mb.ca/

Here is a link to a database if you are interested in finding out more about a nurse or nurse practitioner in Manitoba. You can find out their contact information, the current registration status and if there are any conditions or notations.

Nurse Check:

https://members.crnm.mb.ca/CRNM/Services/Nurse_Check/Shared_Content/NurseCheck/NurseCheck.aspx

Keywords: nurse listing

Adiant Mobile - Wearable GPS Technology

Adiant Mobile - Wearable GPS Technology

Can ship to almost everywhere in the world.

Website: http://www.locationawaregps.com/

Includes a watch, battery lasts 5 days.

From the website:

Caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease is a challenge. We hope that this Watch will help you cope with some of these challenges and provide a solution to increase the security and freedom of the person with Alzheimer’s in your home.

The Boulevard North at River Ridge II

The Boulevard North at River Ridge II

2701 Scotia Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R2V 5A5

Phone:  204-586-CARE (2273)
Fax: 204-219-3640

Luxury Secured  Living

From the website: http://www.allseniorscare.com/residence/river-ridge-ii-retirement-residence/

The Boulevard North – Our staff members are committed to providing compassionate, enhanced care in a supportive family-like environment. Our goal is to promote an enhanced quality of life by providing individualized care in a beautiful and secure setting. Living in a community that is safe, familiar and comfortable is important to everyone. We work to preserve the independence of our residents, providing peace of mind and ensuring quality of life throughout the years. Our beautiful building offers a vibrant and creative lifestyle, within peaceful, elegant surroundings. The designers of River Ridge have created a Luxurious Secured Living space designed to exceed expectations for care and support. Each of these seven, 12-suite secure care neighbourhoods has been purposefully built with its own dining room, common activity space and nursing support.

Whether helping new residents adjust, assisting with personal grooming, or going for a walk – the staff members are committed to providing compassionate, high quality care in a supportive family environment. Our person-centred philosophy means we identify each resident’s unique attributes values and history, allowing us to create individualized levels of programming that are flexible to changing health needs.

* PEACE OF MIND
• 24 hour Health Care staff
• Care in the comfort of your own suite
•Personalized Care Plan
•Regular Monitoring
•Personal Grooming
* COMFORTABLE LIVING
• Private Suites
• Enhanced Safety Features in All Suites
• Warm and Caring Staff
• Family environment
* DINING PLEASURE
• Red Seal Certified Chef Prepared Meals and Snacks
• Dietary Needs Accommodated
• Beautifully appointed dining room
* SOMETHING SPECIAL
• Activity programs that are individualized, fun and engaging
• Therapeutic Group Activities
• Daily Exercise Classes
• Secure Unit

Double occupancy for couples available. WRHA Home Care available.