We want to allow all seniors to age in the comfort of their home by providing the personalized homecare they deserve.
Skilled, Caring and Experimented Caregivers
Amika Caregivers are experimented personal care workers, nursing care student and nursing assistants.
They are currently or have worked in CHSLD, hospitals, senior housing and homecare for the private and public sectors.
They all have one thing in common: they want to make a positive impact in their clients' daily lives. Their goal for each visit: put a smile at each person they have helped.
Caregivers you can trust
We thoroughly screen and interview every care professional that want to join the Amika team.
The selection process is as follow:
- We do a background check
- We verify if they received the proper professional training and certifications
- We validate past references in seniors' care with their former and/ or current employers: they must have had a flawless attitude
- We conduct 2 interviews to make sure the candidate's values fit with those promoted by Amika: empathy, generosity, dynamism
Only those succeeding all these steps can become a Amika Caregiver. Thus, we retain less than 5% of the initial candidates: only the most qualified, motivated and experimented.
Our team
All Amika team members are essential to our success. Here are a few:
Alexandre Blais
Co-founder and General Manager
Grew up with his grandmother afflicted with Alzheimer's. Volunteer at Tel-Aînés. Former Management Consultant.
Gabriel Joubert-Séguin
Co-founder and Finance Manager
Professional economist. Volunteered for seniors with mental disabilities. Former CPR trainer.
Lydia Vanier
Care Advisor
More than 5 years as a leisure professional with seniors. University certification in gerontology. Love songs from the 50-60s.
Vincent Laliberté-Denis
Operations Coordinator
Profesional background in non-for-profit organizations helping the community. Now listening to your homecare needs.
Stéphane Drouin
Chief Technology Officer
Passionate about developing technologies for the health industry. Nature lover.
Peggy Black
Care Advisor
Specialist in helping relationship. Several years of experience accompanying family members and their loved one in seniors’ residence and homecare.
Frédérique Marcouillet Doucet
Recruitment Coordinator
Professional Social Worker. Member of the Quebec Certified Human Resources Professional.
Marie-Andrée Cardoso
Human Ressources Director
Formerly seniors' residences General Manager and Instructor for Caregivers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our rate is $25 per hour ($16.25 after tax credit). It can be reduced if you are a beneficiary of cheque emploi-services.
Homecare visits must be of minimum 2 to 3 hours. There is no minimum number of visits per week.
Yes. There is no long-term committment. You simply need to inform us 24 hours in advance.
No. We do not have any account opening fees or any other hidden fees.
Once you confirm that you want to go ahead with us, it is possible to start the homecare visits as soon as the day after. On average, delay ranges from 3 to 7 days to allow us to assign the Amika Caregivers that best match your preferences and your desired schedule.
Yes. We do a personnalized matching and make sure that the assigned caregiver will always be the same. This allows the assisted person and our caregiver to develop a solid relationship based on trust. In case your desired homecare schedule is variable or that you require a large number of hours, it is possible that we send 1 or 2 other caregivers to meet your needs.
Yes they are. Amika Caregivers are experimented health care attendant, nursing care student and nursing assistants. They are currently or have worked in CHSLD, hospitals, senior housing and homecare for the private and public sectors.
Yes. And it is recommended. You can start 'small' to make sure the assisted person(s) is confortable with the care he receives. We can thereafter adjust the schedule to add/modify/cancel visits.
Yes. We charge an administrative fee, which is the hourly rate in effect ($25) minus the hourly wage that the government pays to the employee.
Reach us by phone, chat, email, our online form (on the Contact and Free Assessment page). We are available 24/7. We will plan together a moment to meet together with the assisted person(s) and the informal caregivers (family members and friends). This meeting can be done at your convenience and very quickly. Thereafter, we will start the homecare visits based on your desired schedule.