Joyful Moments Elder Care Services provides person centered companionship and care to seniors in the Victoria area, with a focus on dementia care. Kate is a social worker with 20+years of experience making connections and building helping relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, including those with mental health and addictions issues, Alzheimer's and other dementias. Kate has a comprehensive tool kit of skills and experience supporting elders to be independent and safe in their environments while providing meaningful engagement with the world around them. Services offered include: companion visits to address isolation, outings in the community, scenic drives, accompaniment to medical appointments, medication monitoring and administration, light housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, errands, home and vehicle maintenance, financial oversight and management. Kate works with seniors and their families to determine the specific needs of their loved ones, and provides regular ongoing assessment and feedback to families. Kate strives to enhance opportunities for her clients to experience Joyful Moments throughout their day. She will work with Elders and their families to design activities specific to the individual's likes, passions and abilities, activities meant to enhance one's sense of well-being, promote physical activity, stimulate cognition, and speak to one's soul--meaningful engagement is shown to reduce feelings of isolation, boredom, depression and anxiety which often corresponds to decreasing challenging behaviors and enhancing one's enjoyment of life. Joyful Moments Elder Care Services understands the joys and challenges of caregiving and offers in-home respite for caregivers. Kate will assume the tasks of running the household, including house cleaning, meal preparation, shopping, errands, pet care, managing the mail, helping with bill payments as well as providing care and support for loved ones so that caregivers can have a meaningful break. Having a regularly scheduled break helps to address ongoing caregiver burden, allows family members to catch up on their sleep, to see friends, attend appointments and accomplish tasks that can seem impossible when juggling the demands of caregiving.
