In-Home Care
We take great care to provide palliative patients with in-home care to support their personal care needs - whether that means helping your loved one with laundry, food preparation, medication, or even emotional and spiritual support.
Out-of-Home Care
Whether you or your loved one needs help with errands, picking up prescriptions, shopping, or getting exercise, Ohana Care will provide services and out-of-home assistance
Specially Trained Caregivers
Our specialty caregivers understand the changes that occur over the last weeks of life and ensure you or your loved one is equipped with the necessary care to meet unique needs.
Flexible Care
Whether you need 24-hour care or once-a-week support, our caregivers are committed to providing you with all the care needed to ensure all needs are met.
Enhanced Focus on All Dimensions of Wellness
We focus on providing services that support all aspects of health and wellness. Whether you require long-term care, companion care, or more, we’re here for you.
How to Hire a Home Care Professional
Email or Call Us
Contact us, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Meet a Community Manager
Our management will build a care plan based on your health care needs.
Get Paired with an HCA or LPN
Match with an HCA or LPN based on your location, needs, and personal preferences.
Take guidance from your own experience with the person since you know them best – be their advocate. Be there if possible, chatting and laughing to ease tension and bring you closer together. Silence can also be a powerful way of communicating when words can't be found.
Many changes occur when you or your loved one is in palliative care. Some of these include, but are not limited to:
- Longer sleeping periods
- Will commonly have reduced or absent hunger and/or thirst
- For some persons, confusion and restlessness can occur
- Breathing changes
- Irregular heartbeat
- Loss of bowel or bladder control or constipation
- Chest Congestion
- Skin color and temperature changes
- Muscle twitching
- Eyes may become dry and lose their ability to focus
- Elevated temperature is common
- Pain which requires symptom management as stated or by visibly noticing agitation or furrowed brow.
The four types of palliative care offered in the Calgary zone are in a hospital, personal residence, hospice, or care centre. At Ohana Care, we provide palliative care in you or your loved ones' private residence or at a continuing care centre. If your loved one is currently in the hospital, Alberta Health Services will provide care in their palliative care Calgary unit.
Typically, palliative care is provided shortly after one is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
