Step-father with dementia

[Petha16]

Aging parent dillema! My (Canadian citizen) mother and (British citizen) step-father have been living in France as residents for years. His worsening dementia and her declining health have us all very worried. He has no kids of his own, just me (the step-kid) in canada. From what I understand, my mother could sponsor him if they were to decide to move back together? Im worried about the long timelines for this. And when applying inland, how does one go about finding medical coverage for the elderly while waiting for his PR? I’m terrified that if something happens to my mom, we’ll have no possible route for bringing him here, and he’d be so vulnerable in his current condition. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[scylla]

Aging parent dillema! My (Canadian citizen) mother and (British citizen) step-father have been living in France as residents for years. His worsening dementia and her declining health have us all very worried. He has no kids of his own, just me (the step-kid) in canada. From what I understand, my mother could sponsor him if they were to decide to move back together? Im worried about the long timelines for this. And when applying inland, how does one go about finding medical coverage for the elderly while waiting for his PR? I’m terrified that if something happens to my mom, we’ll have no possible route for bringing him here, and he’d be so vulnerable in his current condition. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

You are right that your mother sponsoring him is the only real way to get him to Canada.

Your mother can sponsor him in one of two ways. One would be to sponsor while they are both oustide of Canada (outland). For this to be successful, she will need to include hard evidence in the application to prove they have plans to move to Canada as soon as the PR visa is approved.

She can also both travel to Canada and she can sponsor him inland. Generally speaking, he would not qualify for provincial health care coverage until PR is approved. So in the meatime, you would need to get private insurance to cover the cost of any emergency medical (non emergency medical care would most likely have to be paid out of pocket). Pre-existing conditions generally aren't covered by insurance.

There's nothing much you can do about the processing times, except to submit the application as soon as you can.

 

[canuck78]

Would also look into things like qualifying for longterm care. Some provinces have longterm residency requirements to qualify for longterm care. Longterm care still requires a bed fee no matter what. Assume they have a pension from a country that would be sufficient to pay for that fee and enough to provide for housing in Canada for one of both at the same time.

 

[Petha16]

You are right that your mother sponsoring him is the only real way to get him to Canada.

Your mother can sponsor him in one of two ways. One would be to sponsor while they are both oustide of Canada (outland). For this to be successful, she will need to include hard evidence in the application to prove they have plans to move to Canada as soon as the PR visa is approved.

She can also both travel to Canada and she can sponsor him inland. Generally speaking, he would not qualify for provincial health care coverage until PR is approved. So in the meatime, you would need to get private insurance to cover the cost of any emergency medical (non emergency medical care would most likely have to be paid out of pocket). Pre-existing conditions generally aren't covered by insurance.

There's nothing much you can do about the processing times, except to submit the application as soon as you can.

Thanks so much for your reply and the confirmation! Are there any insurance companies you’d recommend that tend to offer this kind of emergency coverage for seniors?

 

[Petha16]

Would also look into things like qualifying for longterm care. Some provinces have longterm residency requirements to qualify for longterm care. Longterm care still requires a bed fee no matter what. Assume they have a pension from a country that would be sufficient to pay for that fee and enough to provide for housing in Canada for one of both at the same time.

We’d be looking at private long term care - from what I’ve heard the waitlists are crazy otherwise. Financially he can afford it, so that’s not an issue.