--Apple-Mail-BB3A7DAC-7B6B-4A39-BB3E-41E7C911ACC3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Kate, I'm doing well thank you. It's nice to hear from you again, albeit not under= the best circumstances. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, 68 years of marriage is quite remarkable.= How are you coping through this difficult time? By the sound of it your mother still lives quite an active life, I really ap= preciate all the background information. It gives me great understanding of h= er needs. We do offer live-in care service. Would you be available for a call tomorrow= so that we can discuss the particulars? I'm available anytime between 10am -= 1:30pm or after 3pm. I look forward to speaking with you, Timothy Thomas Home Care Assistance 514-907-5065 www.HomeCareAssistanceMontreal.ca > On Apr 17, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Kate Coulter wrote: >=20 > Hello Timothy, >=20 > How are you? Sounds like your business is flourishing from the email you s= ent me some time ago. Ours as well. I just hired another part time consultan= t-social worker.=20 >=20 > I am contacting you in the hopes that you can help me on a personal note. >=20 > I am looking for a live-in companion for my mother in law. She is autonomo= us, however she lost her husband of 68 years marriage about 2 months ago. Sh= e has really never lived alone before and doesn=E2=80=99t want to! Currently= my brother in law is staying with her, but he will soon have to go home to h= is own life out west. My mother in law lives on Grosvenor near Queen Mary. >=20 > Jean is looking for someone to live in her 3 bedroom duplex with her until= one day she cannot stay at home. She has macular degeneration. Its hard to s= ay how much vision she has lost because she is very stoic and keeps her weak= nesses very distant from us. She still manages to send emails from her Mac a= nd texts us all from her iPad, but some writings are hard to read. Her bigge= st fear is tripping on a crack in the sidewalk and falling. She has osteopor= osis, so a fall could be quite detrimental as you can imagine. She is very f= it as she has been doing Pilates for the past 15 years weekly. She is 89 yea= rs old as of yesterday! >=20 > She is extremely intelligent and worldly. She keeps up with all the news a= nd has an opinion on it as well. She has musician friends who come over and t= hey play music together (cello, piano and flute)=E2=80=A6.she plays the flut= e. She likes to go out daily for coffee, errands, meet friends. She still co= oks all her meals=E2=80=A6in fact she prepares meals for all her family when= ever they come over, which is at least one big Sunday dinner meal per week. S= he belongs to a book club which meets every 2 weeks=E2=80=A6she reads about 1= book per week. She looks after all her ADL=E2=80=99s herself. She has a cle= aning lady. She doesn=E2=80=99t have a car anymore, so she takes taxis here a= nd there. >=20 > She would need someone to be a companion. Give her a stron