"Home care has been absolutely essential to my recovery. My husband is a doctor and he is very busy with his patients, so we needed someone to help. The home care nurse has been wonderful. In addition to taking care of me, she has also been great in keeping up my morale."
Hélén L, Quebec
From a client who returned home after emergency bowel surgery and was unable to manage on her own.
"I could walk, but only very slowly, and I was in some pain. For three weeks I relied on the help of a We Care home support worker. She cleaned, she cooked, and she looked after me. I could not have gotten along without her."
Kathleen S., Nova Scotia
From a daughter whose mother was able to spend her final years at home, instead of at the hospital.
"Words can never say all that is in my heart, but I thank you all so deeply for helping to keep my Mom in her own "pretty little home" for her last years. We were a good team. My Mom's funeral service, in her church, was warm and beautiful. She truly looked as if she was sleeping so peacefully. I would like to thank Heather for taking over where Brenda left off. She was my Mom's friend to the end. As a nurse, I know it is not easy to lose patients you become attached to. All of you truly care and share."
Regina, Saskatchewan
From a client whose husband was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (a degenerative motor neuron disease) five years ago. He can no longer walk any distance, and can no longer talk.
"I needed some assistance for his personal care...Every second day, for two years now, We Care staff have shown up at 8 a.m. on the dot, and taken Eric through his morning routine. They wake him up, give him a shower, dress him, comb his hair, shave him, make and feed him breakfast and then give him movement exercises. Then they just sit and talk to him like he's a person. He can't speak, so most people assume he doesn't think. He's sharp as a whip mentally. They treat him with total respect and he has his dignity when they leave. We certainly couldn't ask for better people, we really couldn't. They sure make Eric's day every time they're here."
Alma D., British Columbia