Regulatory Changes to Canada's Live-in Caregiver Program

April 14, 2010 - PRLog -- The Live-in Caregiver Program dictates the rules of conduct for hiring foreign nationals as live-in caregivers for children, the elderly or persons with disabilities.

The new changes introduce obligations like mandatory employer-paid benefits (health-care insurance, workplace safety insurance, travel costs and recruitment fees, where applicable) and mandatory employment contracts (including clauses like duration of contract, job duties, hours of work, accommodation arrangements, and terms of resignation and termination).

Agencies or families looking to hire a foreign national under the Live-in Caregiver Program will now face more obstacles and take on greater risk in doing so.

For more information and links to resources, please visit:
http://www.premierhomecareservices.com/blog/premier-homecare-services-blog/regulatory-changes-to-the-live-in-caregiver-program/

Premier Homecare Services is NOT affected by these changes.

Since its inception, Premier Homecare Services has provided live-in care to individuals across the care continuum – children, elderly, and persons with disabilities. In addition, where the Live-in Caregiver Program limits the employment of foreign nationals for care only to individuals with proven impairments or disabilities, Premier Homecare Services has been able to provide live-in care to any individual for any reason (e.g. companionship, light housekeeping, etc.).

Premier Homecare Services only hires individuals that are already eligible to work in Canada. This eliminates much of the risk involved in sponsoring a foreign caregiver and, most importantly, allows us to interview the candidate in-person too, to ensure that they are someone we feel comfortable sending into our clients’ homes.

A Premier Homecare Services’ live-in caregiver can provide clients with a full range of home care supports like light housekeeping, errands and transportation, companionship, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, grooming assistance, medication reminders, meal preparation, post-surgery, respite and palliative care.

For more information regarding Premier Homecare Services’ live-in care and overnight care, please visit the Our Services page.

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Premier Homecare Services tenders in-home personalized caregiving services to the elderly, persons with disabilities and anyone else who wishes to remain independent wherever they choose to call home.

Franchise opportunities are available too, particularly in Ontario - Greater Toronto Area, London, Hamilton, St. Catherines - and British Columbia - Greater Vancouver Area, Kamloops, Kelowna, Victoria.