Why us
Three questions. Three straight answers.
Families always arrive with the same three. Who is here at night. Whether you can stay a while before you stay for good. And what fills the days. Here they are, answered first.
- 01Someone is awake, every nightStaff present around the clock, nursing care on site, and a CLSC clinic inside the building.
- 02You can stay a while before you stayConvalescence, respite or simply a trial: by the week or by the month, meals and services included.
- 03The days have something in themA programme posted every month, common rooms that actually get used, and grounds to go out into.
01 · Care
Someone is awake, every night.
A residence is not judged on its brochure. It is judged on what happens when nobody is watching. The team is assigned to this building. They know everyone's habits, who comes down for breakfast at seven, and who has not come down at all.
The corridors have handrails along their full length.
- Staff present 24 hours a day
- Someone is awake at night, every night, and that is the only answer that counts at three in the morning.
- An emergency call system
- In every unit. Asking for help never depends on someone happening to walk past.
- Medication
- Managed and distributed by the team. It is usually the first worry a family stops carrying.
- Nursing care
- On site, with a CLSC clinic in the building, so care does not restart from zero at every appointment.
- Personal assistance
- Based on what the person actually needs, and adjusted over time. Nobody decides on their behalf what they can no longer do.
- The building itself
- Cameras, sprinklers, a central alarm and a generator.
The residence welcomes independent and semi-independent residents, and mild cognitive loss. If the needs go beyond what a private residence can offer, we tell you plainly and point you to the right kind of care.
Short-stay units come furnished. You arrive with a suitcase, not a moving truck.
02 · Short stays
You can stay a while before you stay for good.
Not everyone who arrives here is moving in. It is the same room, the same team and the same call system as a permanent stay. The only difference is the length.
- ConvalescenceAfter a hospital stay
- Meals prepared, medication managed, help with the everyday, and someone in the building through the night. It is what bridges the gap between a discharge date and a home that is not ready yet.
- RespiteWhile you are away
- For the daughter, the son or the spouse who has become the caregiver. Someone takes the hours for a trip, an operation, or simply one real night of sleep. It is not a failure to need it.
- A trial stayBy the week or the month
- Coming to live here for a while without deciding anything. It is usually the best way to know, and far less of an ordeal than a forty-minute tour on a Tuesday afternoon.
Meals and services included, by the week or by the month. What falls inside the price depends on the plan and on the help the person needs: we go through it line by line at the visit, never afterwards.
Ask about a short stay03 · The days
A reason to leave your room in the morning.
A room is easy to find. What really decides it is what there is to do between breakfast and supper. A programme is posted every month, and nobody is obliged to go.
The display cabinets by the entrance. Everything in them was made here.
The terrace, the garden and the gazebo, from spring through autumn.
- The lounge and the piano
- The piano is in the lounge, not in a room that opens twice a year.
- The cinema room
- And the theatre room, inside the building.
- The library
- With the internet room next to it.
- The chapel
- Its worked ceiling is original. It has been there since 1935.
- The garden and the terrace
- The gazebo, the grounds, and the walking club when the weather holds.
- Handwork
- The cabinets near the entrance are filled with what the residents have made.
On the programme, in a given month
- Bingo
- Music and piano
- Cinema
- Theatre room
- Walking club
- Library
- Gardening
- Internet room
- Massage therapy
- Celebrations and events
Children and grandchildren are welcome at the activities and the celebrations. Ask for this month's calendar during your visit: it is the best way to see what an ordinary week looks like.
Nothing on this page is a promise the team does not already keep every day. The rest, the prices, the availability, what is included and what is not, is said in person, because the answer depends on the person. Come with the difficult questions: a residence that cannot answer them simply is not the right one, here or anywhere else.
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Your first visit
Come and see Esther Blondin.
A first visit is a chance to see the place, ask your questions, and take your time.