You retired at 66 with a list: the national parks, the grandchildren in Colorado, the garden. Then your mother, who is 91 and lives four blocks away, needed you, and the list went in a drawer. Respite care Downers Grove IL families arrange through Guided with Grace is how retired sons and daughters get some of that list back, with a screened caregiver taking over for the afternoon, the weekend or the two weeks in Colorado.
Our respite care is a planned handover of your parent’s day to a trained caregiver. You write down how it runs; we run it that way. Nothing about your mother’s routine changes except who is doing it.
Families that begin with occasional respite often move to something regular, such as a few scheduled visits a week, and the same caregiver carries on. If nights are what wear you out, overnight caregivers are a form of respite too.
Downers Grove has a lot of retired children caring for very old parents, often the ones who stayed in town while the siblings moved away. They are the least likely people to ask for help and the most likely to need it.
You are 68, healthy and busier than when you worked. Respite is how the trips and the hobbies happen while your parent is still safe.
The brother in Phoenix calls; you do everything else. A caregiver evens the load without a family argument.
Caregivers cancel their own appointments first. Cover for your parent lets you keep yours.
Grandchildren to mind and a parent to check on. Respite lets you be in one place at a time.
Private respite is one option among several in Downers Grove, and we are glad to help you use the others too.
The Community Adult Day Center on Main Street is listed by DuPage County as an adult day services option; some families use a day program for structure during the week and our caregivers for evenings and weekends. For residents 60 and older who qualify, DuPage County Community Services (630-407-6500) administers the Illinois Community Care Program, which can include adult day services and in-home help, and AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) provides respite, counseling and legal help specifically for family caregivers across DuPage County.
Downers Grove Township Senior Services (630-719-6670) coordinates Meals on Wheels and community dining, runs Dial-A-Ride within the township and can help with Benefit Access applications, all of which lighten the daily load. If your parent has dementia, the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter’s 24/7 Helpline is 1-800-272-3900 and the county’s Care Center hosts a caregiver support group. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital on Highland Avenue is the closest hospital if you need to plan respite around your own procedure there.
We provide respite in Downers Grove, Westmont and Woodridge. More about Guided with Grace.
Respite fails when the stand-in improvises. Ours do not: before the first visit we sit with you and write down the routine, the medications, the foods, the moods and the small things only you know. Every caregiver is screened, background checked and trained before placement, and Guided with Grace is a licensed and insured non-medical home care agency in Illinois.
For recurring respite the same caregiver returns wherever the schedule allows, so your parent stops noticing the handover at all. See the FAQ page for more.
Whether it is next Thursday or the trip in October, the setup is short.
Call (630) 608-3956 or use the contact page with the hours or days you need covered.
We meet you and your parent, write down the routine and answer your parent’s questions.
You get the caregiver’s name and the schedule in advance.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation, depending on your needs and schedule.
Respite is often the first step toward a lighter, more regular arrangement.
The same respite caregivers cover the surrounding villages.
No. Caregivers who never stop tend to burn out or get ill, and then nobody is there. A planned break is part of keeping your parent at home for the long run.
Yes. Standing respite is scheduled in advance with the same caregiver wherever possible, so your parent gets a familiar face and you get a date you can count on.
The handoff meeting exists for that reason. We write down how she likes her tea, when she naps and what annoys her, and the caregiver follows it. Most clients relax within the first visit.
No. Respite is for anyone caring for a parent, spouse or relative with any condition, or simply with old age.
Yes. Many families use a mix of state-funded services and private respite, and we fit around the rest.
The more the better for a long block, but tell us as soon as you are considering it and we will start planning; shorter notice can often be accommodated.
Yes, along with Lisle, Darien, Clarendon Hills and Oak Brook.
Tell us when you need to be somewhere else and how your parent’s day runs. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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