The hardest stage is sometimes the earliest one, when your mother knows. She notices the lost words, the missed appointment, the pan left on the stove, and it frightens her. In home Alzheimer’s care Glen Ellyn IL families arrange with Guided with Grace starts here, with a caregiver who treats her as the capable woman she still mostly is: helping with the things that have slipped, keeping her life full, and making the diagnosis something she lives with rather than something she hides from.
Our dementia and Alzheimer’s support gives each day a steady shape. In the early stage it is mostly about confidence: memory aids, routine and a person she trusts, so she keeps doing what she can.
As the disease progresses, the plan changes with it: more hours, respite for the family, personal care and in time help through the night. Starting early means the caregiver is already a trusted face by then.
Each stage brings its own worries. These are the ones we hear most from Glen Ellyn families.
Awareness brings fear and embarrassment. A caregiver who helps discreetly lets her keep her dignity and her routine.
Restlessness and confusion as the light fades are common. A calm routine and a familiar person ease the evening.
Double doses and missed ones are dangerous. Supervised pills are often the first thing families ask us for.
He has become her memory. Regular help gives him rest and gives her more patience from both of them.
There is good support for families facing dementia in and around Glen Ellyn, and early is the best time to use it.
The Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter serves DuPage County with support groups, early-stage programs and a 24/7 Helpline at 1-800-272-3900, and the DuPage County Care Center hosts a caregiver support group. AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) offers respite, counseling and legal help; the legal side, such as powers of attorney, is best done while your mother can still take part. For residents 60 and older who qualify, DuPage County Community Services (630-407-6500) administers the Community Care Program, which can include adult day services.
Locally, the Glen Ellyn Senior Services Office helps with Ride DuPage and Medicare counseling, and the Senior Center at Grace Lutheran and the Park District’s senior programs suit the early stage with a caregiver alongside. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield is nearby; a hospital stay can unsettle someone with dementia, and extra hours in the week afterward help her settle back in.
We provide dementia care in Glen Ellyn, Wheaton and Lombard. Read about how we prepare our caregivers.
Early-stage care is easy to get wrong by doing too much. Our caregivers are trained to provide structured, long-term care tailored to memory-related conditions, which in the early stage means supporting rather than taking over. Each is screened, background checked and trained before placement, and Guided with Grace is a licensed and insured non-medical home care agency in Illinois.
She keeps the same caregiver wherever possible, so that by the time her memory is weaker the face is already familiar. Her plan is reviewed as things change. See the FAQ page.
Involve her in the decision while she can be involved.
Call (630) 608-3956 or use the contact page. Tell us about the diagnosis and how she feels about it.
A relaxed visit where she has her say about what help she wants.
Memory aids, routines, safety checks and the visits that suit her.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation, with short visits at first.
What Glen Ellyn families usually add over time.
Our memory-care caregivers also work in nearby towns.
No. Early help keeps her independent for longer, and it lets her get to know a caregiver while she can still choose. A few hours a week is often enough to start.
Discreetly. The caregiver helps with the things that have slipped without pointing them out, and treats her as the capable adult she is.
A quieter late afternoon, lights on before dusk, a familiar activity and no arguing. As it becomes more difficult, evening hours can be added.
That is the aim. Keeping one caregiver from the early stage onward is one of the most useful things we can do.
Yes, while she can take part. AgeGuide’s caregiver program can point you to legal help.
Yes. Keeping those routines going is part of good early-stage care.
Yes, as well as Carol Stream, Winfield, Lisle, Villa Park and Bloomingdale.
Tell us about the diagnosis and what she wants to keep doing. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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