Start with an honest read of what your parent actually needs day to day. Home care covers a wide range, from a few hours of help with meals, bathing, and light housekeeping to daily personal care and companionship. In our experience, the families who feel calmest later are the ones who wrote down the real weekly needs first, then matched an agency to that list rather than the other way around.
In Quebec, public home support is arranged through your local CISSS, here the CISSS de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec. That is your first call for a needs assessment and to learn what publicly funded hours may be available. Private home care services in Drummondville can layer on top of, or fill gaps left by, that public support, which is what most families end up doing when public hours don't stretch far enough.
A few local notes. Options tend to concentrate near the town centre and the sectors around Hôpital Sainte-Croix, which is handy if your parent has regular appointments or you want caregivers who know the area. Saint-Nicéphore and the more rural edges can mean longer travel windows for a caregiver, so ask about coverage and reliability for your specific address. Availability shifts with the season and with staffing, so it's worth asking directly how quickly an agency can start and whether they can guarantee consistent caregivers rather than a rotating cast.
Our default advice for Drummondville: if your parent is safe at home and the main issue is a handful of tasks or loneliness, home care is almost always the gentler, more affordable choice than a move. Where we'd pause is when needs are climbing fast, overnight risk is real, or one caregiver is quietly burning out. At that point, paying for more and more private hours can cost more than a supported residence, and it may not be safer. Prioritize care level and reliability first, then location, then budget. Compare a few agencies below and phone two or three; a short call tells you more than any brochure.