--001a1145c464710a180552021e96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable thanks Timothy. The best day for a call would be July 4th, anytime between 10am - 12pm. On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Timothy Thomas wrote: > Hi Zoe, > > Yes we can proceed without an official assessment. Perhaps we can just > schedule a quick call to discuss a proper caregiver profile. > > Let's speak in early July. What day works best for you? > > Thanks! > > Timothy Thomas > Home Care Assistance > 514-907-5065 > www.HomeCareAssistanceMontreal.ca > > > On Jun 13, 2017, at 9:11 AM, Zoe Greenberg wrote: > > hi Timothy - > > A phone consultation would be all right to create a care profile, but > since I'm just learning about my stepfather's medical condition, I won't = be > able to do one until after my parents have been here for a couple weeks. = In > the first week, my mother and stepfather will be disoriented and exhauste= d, > and neither will be receptive to a comprehensive interview about their > health, with me or anyone else. > > In addition, there may be new care requirements; my stepfather Andre's > first medical appointment in Montreal will be a week after they move here > (July 16). On July 21 we have an appointment at a local clinic where he > will receive an initial intake and consult for his dementia and heart > condition. From there, we hope to receive referral to the various > specialists he requires. His medication prescriptions and care regime mos= t > likely will be the same as in Ontario, but until he receives specific > Quebec care, we will have no reliable medical guidance. It is already ver= y > complex getting his basic medical care oriented here, and it this will ha= ve > to take precedence over any comprehensive home care plan. Once his Quebec > medical care is oriented, approx end of July, then we will be able to do > consultation with your caregiver manager, most likely in person. > > Do you think we can still proceed with choosing a general caregiver from > your suggested profiles for that first week or two? If they are well-suit= ed > we will definitely want to continue working with them. We won't need to > schedule any other caregiver interviews. I will explain to my mother that > if she doesn't like the choice of caregiver, it will be a simple matter t= o > try out some others. > > best, > Zoe > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Timothy Thomas > wrote: > >> Hi Zoe, >> >> I'm happy to hear that you've entrusted your stepfather's care to us. >> Thank you! >> >> We can proceed with the schedule we discussed from July 17th to the 21st= . >> We typically don't organize more than one interview at a time. I think I >> mentioned to you that we prepare 2-3 biographies of potential caregivers= . >> You may select one and we're happy to schedule a trial visit. I always f= eel >> it's best to see the caregiver over the course of a 4 hour shift then a = 15 >> minute interview. One may have the perso