About our Saskatoon care homes
Beacon House is a light kept burning so families can find their way home.
Three small homes in Saskatoon, run by people from this community, for people from this community.
Our story
Why we started.
Beacon House began with a simple conviction: that the last chapter of a person's life deserves the same warmth as the first. We built three small, neighbourly houses where residents are known by name, where staff stay long enough to become family, and where the day is shaped by what each person needs rather than by an institution's schedule.
The name carries a promise. A beacon is a light kept lit on purpose — by someone who cares, for the sake of someone they may never meet. That is what we try to be for the families who trust us with their parents and grandparents.
Our values
Five words shape every decision.
Warmth
We greet residents and families the way we would greet our own. A home should feel like a home — not a hallway.
Dignity
Every resident keeps the right to choose how they spend their day, what they wear, and who they share their stories with. We earn trust by protecting that.
Steadiness
Care is a daily practice, not a promise. We show up — quietly, reliably, on the hard days and the easy ones.
Closeness
Our homes are small on purpose. With fifteen residents per house, our staff know names, preferences, family histories, and favourite songs.
Community
A home is part of a neighbourhood. We welcome families, grandchildren, pets, visitors, and the local life that keeps our residents connected.
The people
The team you'll meet.
The people who answer the phone, who walk your parent to lunch, and who sit with families on the hard days.
Nayyer & Ishrat
Founders
Beacon House began with Nayyer and Ishrat Iqbal. A husband and wife, they were united by one deeply held belief: that older people deserve to be cared for with dignity, patience and genuine warmth. For them, caring well for seniors was a heartfelt calling, and giving that care a lasting home of its own became their shared purpose. That conviction is the reason Beacon House exists, and it remains at the heart of everything the homes stand for.
Their vision was warm and personal from the very beginning. They wanted every resident to be known by name, surrounded by familiar and caring faces, and looked after with the same devotion they would want for their own family. Everything Beacon House does today still rests on the passion Nayyer and Ishrat brought to it — a steady commitment to caring for each resident with genuine warmth and respect, and to giving Saskatoon families a place they can trust with those they love most.
Kashaf & Namra
Directors of Care
At Beacon House, the care is led by Kashaf and Namra, a husband-and-wife team devoted to looking after others well. Kashaf has spent time working in care homes himself, and that first-hand experience — together with a deep passion for senior care — is what led him to give this work his full heart. Namra shares that same commitment, and together they take personal responsibility for the wellbeing of every resident in their care.
Kashaf and Namra carry forward the vision Nayyer and Ishrat began: that the later years of a person's life should be lived with dignity, comfort and genuine warmth, in a place that feels like home. Working side by side, they set the standard for how care is delivered across Beacon House — overseeing the caregiving teams, staying close to the rhythm of the homes, and making sure each resident is known by name and looked after the way you would want for your own mother or father. It is a promise they hold as their own, and one they intend to keep for every family who turns to Beacon House.
Amitoj
Lead Caregiver
Amitoj is a Certified Care Aide and the lead caregiver at Beacon House. Young, motivated and hard-working, he brings energy and genuine warmth to the homes. He has the qualities this work asks for — patience, attentiveness, and a real wish to make life better for the people in his care — and he sets the tone for the caregiving team through the example he brings to every shift.
For Amitoj, caregiving is work he puts his whole heart into. He takes the time to know each resident as a person — their routines, their preferences, the things that help them feel comfortable and at ease — and he encourages the rest of the caregiving team to do the same. His dedication and steady, dependable presence are a real part of what makes Beacon House feel like home.