The first sign was a letter from a ‘lottery’ on the kitchen counter. Then the stack of unopened mail, the milk a month past its date, the roofer who had been paid twice. Your father is not confused, exactly; he is alone, and the things a second person would catch are going uncaught. Senior companion services Yorkville IL families arrange with Guided with Grace are as much about that second pair of eyes as about company: a companion who visits regularly, notices what is slipping, and tells you before it becomes a problem.
Our companion care is company, conversation, errands and a car, and a companion who comes every week also sees what a phone call cannot. The visit follows your father’s interests; the noticing comes free.
Companionship is often the first service a family tries and the one they keep longest. When hands-on needs arrive, personal care can be added to the same visits, and when memory becomes the concern our dementia-trained caregivers continue the relationship.
A parent living alone in Yorkville can be perfectly capable and still be a target, or a worry, simply because nobody else is in the house.
Sweepstakes, fake charities, the roofer who calls twice. A companion who sorts the mail with him is the cheapest fraud protection there is.
He sounds fine on Sunday. A companion on Wednesday knows whether he is.
Yorkville is a driving town. Losing the license means losing the store, church and the Beecher Center unless someone drives.
Still sharp, starting to lose track of bills and days. A regular companion is a gentle anchor and an early warning.
Yorkville takes senior safety seriously, and a companion fits into a network that already exists.
The Kendall County Triad, a committee of the Yorkville Police Department, Senior Services staff and county senior representatives, addresses the issues and concerns of older residents, including scams, and provides events and information; a companion who spots a suspicious letter knows where to point the family. The City of Yorkville’s senior programs at the Beecher Center, 908 Game Farm Road, include lunches, bingo three days a week and exercise classes, and Senior Services Associates works from the same building (630-553-5777) with information and assistance, care coordination and a volunteer Senior Companion program for eligible residents that many of our clients use as well.
Between visits, Kendall Area Transit (1-877-IGO-4KAT) can take a registered rider around town on weekdays at a reduced fare for those 60 and over. AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) supports the relative who has been doing the checking-in from a distance, and appointments at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora or Morris Hospital’s Yorkville campus are easier when a companion sits in and writes down what was said.
Guided with Grace provides companion visits in Yorkville, Bristol and Plano. Learn more about the agency.
A companion who is also a second pair of eyes has to be observant without being intrusive, so we match on temperament and interests first and brief every companion on what the family is worried about. Every companion is screened, background checked and trained before placement, and Guided with Grace is a licensed and insured non-medical home care agency in Illinois.
The same companion comes each visit wherever the schedule allows, because noticing what has changed requires knowing what it was. A pairing that does not work gets changed. More on the FAQ page.
No long-term commitment, and the first visit can be as simple as sorting the mail over coffee.
Call (630) 608-3956 or write via the contact page: the letters, the fridge, the bills, and what your father enjoys.
A relaxed meeting at home to hear how he would like to spend the time.
One or two visits a week on the days that matter most, subject to our minimum hours per visit.
Usually within a few days, with the companion briefed on who he is and what to keep an eye on.
Companion visits combine easily with everything else we do.
Our companions also visit the neighboring communities.
Yes. A companion who opens the mail with him each week, sorts the genuine bills from the ‘prizes’ and tells you about anything suspicious catches most of it. Company and a second pair of eyes come in the same visit.
Yes. Staying is usually the point; a companion who plays a card alongside him and talks about it on the way home turns an outing into a habit.
Senior Services Associates’ volunteer visitors are free for those who qualify and we recommend them. Our companions are paid staff on a fixed schedule, and part of their job is telling you what they notice.
Yes. That is part of the arrangement. A quick word after the visit, or a call if something cannot wait.
No; companions are there for company, errands and a watchful eye. If he later needs hands-on help, personal care can join the same visits.
Yes, within our minimum hours per visit; Saturday is a popular day for sorting the week’s mail.
Yes, along with Montgomery, Sugar Grove, Newark and Millbrook.
Tell us what you are seeing from a distance and what your father enjoys. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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