 Our Mission
To maximize quality of life for any individual and their families, who are coping with cognitive or physical challenges and provide supportive, therapeutic and effective "health at home" solutions.
Our Philosophy
Recreational Respite commits to provide meaningful respite solutions through therapeutic/activation programming beyond companionship services. These skilled techniques assist to improve cognitive (mental) and physical functioning and promote independence as well as reduce or diminish the effects of illness or disability.
Recreational Respite specializes in individualized one to one program design and implementation for any individuals and their families that are coping with a variety of cognitive (mental) or physical impairments such as (but are not limited to);
- Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Acquired Brain or Spinal Cord injuries
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Stroke Recovery
- Arthritis
Our therapeutic programming techniques will improve the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social and leisure needs of our clients and is done in the privacy of their homes (which includes Retirement or Assisted living, Hospital, Long term care and other community settings). We are committed to harmonizing each client with the same team member through the duration of our services. This will create an unprecedented relationship of friendship, trust, familiarity and continuity.
Programming benefits to our clients include;
- An increase in independence for making choices
- Improvement of family relations, memory and quality of life
- Reduction in depression and anxiety and sometimes, challenging behaviours
- Rapid onset of disease or impairment
- Short term solutions while awaiting long term health care options (rehabilitation support, day program services)
Our services will aid in reducing caregiver stress and help them cope with declining abilities of their loved ones. We help build family unity, promote adjustment to disability and educate our caregivers on accessibility of services in the community.
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