When your mother moved into the spare room, you and your husband agreed it was the right thing. Two years later you have not been out to dinner alone, you talk about her medications more than about each other, and the marriage is running on fumes. Respite care Glen Ellyn IL couples arrange with Guided with Grace is a caregiver who takes over for the evening or the weekend, so the two of you get time together while your mother has good company at home.
Our respite care puts a trained caregiver in charge of your parent’s routine for the hours you choose. When a parent lives with you, the break is not only for rest; it is for the relationships that caregiving crowds out.
Many couples find that one evening a week changes everything, and some go on to regular daytime help. If broken nights are the real problem, an overnight caregiver may be the break that matters most.
The people who most need a break are usually the ones who feel they cannot take one.
A parent in the spare room leaves little room for anything else. An evening out every week is not a luxury.
Games, concerts and school nights keep slipping. Cover for those evenings brings you back to them.
No sibling to share the load. Respite is the backup you do not otherwise have.
You have put off the knee surgery for a year. Planned cover makes it possible to have it.
Private respite works well alongside the public help DuPage County offers, and we will point you to all of it.
Couples caring for a parent at home often tell us they feel guilty booking time for themselves. It helps to see the evening as part of your mother’s care: a rested, happier household is better for her too, and she gets a change of company.
AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) funds respite, counseling and legal help for family caregivers across DuPage County. For a parent 60 or older who qualifies, DuPage County Community Services (630-407-6500) runs the Illinois Community Care Program, which can include adult day services; an adult day program on weekdays with our caregiver for evenings and weekends is a combination many families use. The Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter’s 24/7 Helpline, 1-800-272-3900, and the caregiver support group at the DuPage County Care Center help families living with dementia.
In the village, the Glen Ellyn Senior Services Office can help your parent apply for Ride DuPage, which runs at all hours for residents 65 and older, and the Senior Center at Grace Lutheran and the Park District’s senior programs give her somewhere to be on the afternoons you need. If your own procedure is at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, we can plan cover around it.
We provide respite in Glen Ellyn, Wheaton and Lombard. More about Guided with Grace.
Before the first evening we go through her routine with you: supper, medications, television, bedtime, the things that upset her. 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.
A standing evening goes to the same caregiver wherever possible, so your mother comes to look forward to it. The FAQ page covers more.
Book the first evening now; the rest follows easily.
Call (630) 608-3956 or use the contact page and tell us when you want to be out.
We meet your mother, and you walk us through her evening.
You know who is coming and when before the first booking.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation, depending on your needs and schedule.
Respite often leads families to one of these.
Respite is also available in the towns nearby.
Yes. Respite is for whatever keeps the family going, and time for your marriage is one of the most important things it can protect.
Yes. We assign a standing evening to one caregiver wherever possible.
No. It is for anyone caring for an older relative, whatever their condition.
The caregiver arrives before you leave, joins supper, and follows her usual evening exactly. Familiar routine, a card game or her favourite programme, and the same caregiver each week usually settle her quickly.
Yes, if that is part of her evening. We follow her routine, including washing and changing for bed.
Yes. Funded respite and private cover work well together.
As much as you can give, though shorter notice is often possible.
Yes, and in Carol Stream, Winfield, Lisle, Villa Park and Bloomingdale.
Tell us which evening you want back. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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