Pill reminders
Many Parkinson's medicines work on a tight schedule, and a late dose can let stiffness or tremor come back. The aide prompts the person at each prescribed time and tells the nurse when one is missed or wears off early.
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Parkinson's Care at Home in Winnipeg
Daily help with medication schedules, walking, meals and nights, following a care plan that a Registered Nurse writes and keeps up to date.
Your family can reach nursing support at any hour.
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Parkinson's care in Winnipeg
Help at Home for the Hard Days of Parkinson's
Parkinson's can change from one hour to the next. Someone who walks well soon after a dose may be stiff, slow or shaky by the time the next one is due. Families often look for help when the household starts to plan its day around those swings: who is home at pill time, who walks beside the person to the bathroom, who sits through a slow meal.
Integracare Winnipeg sends a Health Care Aide (HCA) to the house or apartment. Every HCA on our team has CPR and First Aid training and works under the supervision of a nurse. A Registered Nurse (RN) visits to assess the person, writes the care plan and revises it as the disease progresses.
Talk through your optionsWhat the visits cover
6 Kinds of Support
Which of these a visit covers depends on the person's care plan.
Steadier walking
The aide stays beside the person for the moves where falls tend to happen: standing up, turning and stepping into the tub.
Freezing mid-step
Freezing is a sudden stop when the feet feel stuck to the floor, often at a doorway or a corner. The plan records the cues that get this person moving again, such as counting a beat aloud, so every aide uses them.
Mealtimes
Chewing and swallowing can slow as Parkinson's advances. The aide prepares food the way the plan describes, keeps the person sitting upright and allows plenty of time. Coughing, throat-clearing or a wet-sounding voice at meals goes to the nurse, who reviews food textures, how the person sits to eat, and whether a swallowing assessment is needed.
Nights
Stiffness, restlessness and trips to the bathroom can interrupt sleep. Evening visits help with getting to bed, and 24-hour home care keeps a caregiver awake and on hand until morning.
Mood and memory
Many people with Parkinson's feel low or worried, or think more slowly than before. The aide keeps up conversation and familiar activities and tells the nurse about any change. If forgetfulness grows, the RN adds methods from our dementia care.
Moving safely
Getting Around Indoors and Out
Falls often happen in ordinary moments: getting up too quickly, turning at the counter, crossing a room with a cup in hand.
Regular exercise helps many people with the disease keep their strength and balance. The aide walks beside the person around the block and takes them through any routine a physiotherapist has set.
At the assessment, the RN notes loose rugs, dark routes and missing grab bars and writes the fixes into the plan.
The nurse-led plan
Revised at Each Stage of the Disease
Parkinson's follows its own course in each person, and the RN adjusts the care to match.
The first assessment
An RN meets the person and family at home and records the dose schedule, the good and bad times of day, and how the person moves, eats and sleeps.
A plan the aide can follow
It sets visit times around the doses, the cues for freezing, how meals are prepared and which signs to report.
When something changes
A new medicine, a hospital stay or anything the family notices leads the nurse to review the plan and rewrite it where needed. Families can phone 24/7, holidays included, about a fall, a missed dose or a hard night.
Updates in the Family Room
Integracare's private website for families shows invited relatives the visit times and the aide's notes from each visit.
Daily life
Routines, Hobbies and a Say in How the Day Goes
Many people with Parkinson's can keep doing what they enjoy, such as watering the plants, sorting the mail or making tea, when nobody hurries them. The aide sets each task up, takes over the steps that have become hard and leaves the rest to the person.
For the family
Help for the Person Who Does Most of the Caring
A spouse or partner often manages the pills, the nights and the appointments for years. Regular visits give that person hours of their own: a morning to sleep in, a trip to the dentist, an afternoon with friends. Longer breaks can be arranged through respite care.
Talk With Our Winnipeg Team About Parkinson's Care
Tell us about the dose schedule, the hardest times of day and what the family needs. We will explain what a care plan could include.
Local Resources
Other Parkinson's Help in Winnipeg
Other organizations run these programs. Each sets its own rules, and Integracare is separate from all of them.
Movement Disorder Clinic at Deer Lodge Centre
- What it provides
- A clinic where several health professions work together on Parkinson's and other movement disorders. Patients under the care of one of its neurologists can also see the resource nurse and the physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, dietitian and social work staff.
- Contact
- By referral from a physician or nurse practitioner. 200 Woodlawn Street, on the Deer Lodge Centre grounds, separate from the main building. (204) 940-8400, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Geriatric Outreach Services, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
- What it provides
- Non-urgent home visits for adults 65 and older who live in the community. Staff assess mobility and falls, memory, mood and medications, with the person's agreement.
- Contact
- Anyone can refer, family included. Geriatric Outreach Central Intake: (204) 982-0140.
WRHA Home Care
- What it provides
- Publicly funded home care for people who qualify after a case coordinator's assessment, at no charge for approved services.
- Contact
- Intake line: (204) 788-8330.
Parkinson Canada groups
- What it provides
- Movers & Shakers – Winnipeg (in person and online) and the Winnipeg West Support Group (in person). Both are free and open to people living with Parkinson's and the family or friends who care for them.
- Contact
- Call the Care Connector at 1 (888) 664-1974 or email support@parkinson.ca. The Winnipeg West group meets at Westworth United Church.
U-Turn Parkinson's
- What it provides
- A wellness centre for people with Parkinson's, with locations in Manitoba and Regina. It offers classes in person and online, and community support.
- Contact
- uturnparkinsons.org
Common questions
Parkinson's Care in Winnipeg: What Families Ask
Do we need a doctor's referral to start care with Integracare?
No. You arrange private care with us directly. Call (204) 977-7575, or 1 (800) 891-4197 toll-free, to book a free in-home assessment with an RN.
How do Health Care Aides help with Parkinson's medication?
They remind the person when each dose is due, watch for any that are skipped or wear off early, and tell the nurse. Questions about the medicine itself go to the prescriber or a pharmacist.
What should we do after a fall?
Phone our nurses at (204) 977-7575 at any hour. The nurse helps you decide the next step, and our RN reviews the care plan so the same fall is less likely to happen again.
Can we use WRHA Home Care and Integracare together?
Yes. WRHA Home Care decides which public services to provide after its assessment. Private visits can then fill the hours in between, such as the times a dose is due.
What happens as Parkinson's advances?
Visits can grow longer or more frequent, and a caregiver can stay overnight. The aide also gives more hands-on help with moving, meals and personal care, such as washing and dressing. Near the end of life, our palliative care focuses on comfort at home.
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We also provide Parkinson's care in Greater Toronto and Parkinson's care in Ottawa.
Free In-Home Assessment
Get Parkinson's Support From Our Winnipeg Team
Send the form, and our team will reply within one business day to book the RN's visit to the home.
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Clinically reviewed by Bethel McMaster, BScN, RN ·