Your mother spent thirty years as a nurse, a teacher or the person everyone in the parish called first. She has looked after other people her whole life and has no idea how to be looked after. Companion care for seniors Downers Grove IL families arrange with Guided with Grace is designed for exactly that person: a companion who arrives as an equal, shares the week, and never once makes her feel like a patient.
Our companion care is built around what your parent would do if getting out were easier. The visit follows her lead; the companion brings the car, the time and a second pair of hands.
Companionship is often the first service a family tries and the last one to stop. If hands-on needs arise later, personal care can be added to the same visits, and when memory becomes the concern our dementia-trained caregivers take over without a change of agency.
Isolation does not announce itself. It looks like a parent who is ‘fine’ on the phone and has not left the house since Sunday.
Nurses, teachers, pastors' wives and everyone's emergency contact. They do not accept help; they accept company. That is where we begin.
She is fine, and she has spoken to no one but the pharmacist in four days. A weekly visit changes the shape of the week.
Your father reads three papers and cannot get down the porch steps. A companion brings the world back to the porch, and him to the world.
You are downtown until seven and phoning from the train is not a visit. A midday companion is.
A good companion knows the town, and Downers Grove gives them plenty to work with.
The Downers Grove Park District’s Lincoln Center at 935 Maple Avenue runs the Active Adults program for residents 55 and older: monthly Lunch & Learns, bingo, social events and AARP tax assistance in the spring. A companion can get your parent there, sit with them and bring them home. Downers Grove Township Senior Services (630-719-6670) offers community dining and Meals on Wheels, art and computer classes run with the People’s Resource Center, and Dial-A-Ride within the township for the days we are not scheduled. The village’s subsidized taxi coupon program is another option for short local trips.
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital on Highland Avenue is the usual destination for appointments, and a companion who attends and writes down what the doctor said is worth a great deal to adult children who cannot be there. Countywide, the DuPage Senior Citizens Council offers friendly visits and well-being checks, Ride DuPage provides subsidized rides for residents 65 and older, and AgeGuide, the Area Agency on Aging, can point families to further programs.
Guided with Grace provides companion visits in Downers Grove, Westmont and Woodridge. Learn more about the agency.
A companion for a retired nurse is a different person from a companion for a retired machinist, so we match on interests, temperament and pace before availability. All of our companions are screened, background checked and trained before placement, and Guided with Grace is a licensed and insured non-medical home care agency in Illinois.
Continuity is the whole point. The same companion returns each week wherever the schedule allows, and if the match is not right, we change it without fuss. The FAQ page has more on how visits work.
No long-term commitment, no equipment, no paperwork mountain.
Call (630) 608-3956 or write via the contact page: her career, her interests, her opinions.
A relaxed visit at home to meet your parent and hear how she would like to spend the time.
One or two visits a week to start, on the days that are emptiest, subject to our minimum hours per visit.
The first visit typically happens within a few days, and the companion arrives with a plan for it.
Companion visits combine easily with the rest of what we do.
Our companions visit the neighboring villages as well.
Not if it is done properly. We introduce the companion as company and help with the car and the errands, and we match someone she will respect. Former nurses often end up supervising the companion, which suits everyone.
Yes. Staying is usually the point; a companion who sits through the Lunch & Learn and talks about it on the way home turns an outing into a habit.
Volunteer friendly visits are a wonderful, free service and we encourage them. Our companions are paid, screened professionals who come on a fixed schedule, drive, cook, run errands and report back to the family.
Companion visits are non-medical and hands-off by design. If your parent later needs help bathing or dressing, we add personal care to the same visits.
It happens in the first weeks. The companion stays gentle and brief, and we talk with you about a different day or a different match. Persistence, not pressure, is the approach.
Yes. Evenings and weekends are often the loneliest hours, and we schedule for them subject to our minimum hours per visit.
Yes, and in Lisle, Darien, Clarendon Hills and Hinsdale.
Tell us who your parent is and what she misses, and we will find a companion she will look forward to. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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