Since the fall in March your mother has been afraid to get up at night. She stops drinking in the afternoon so she will not need the bathroom, lies awake rather than risk the hallway, and is getting weaker and more dehydrated as a result. An overnight caregiver for elderly Lombard IL parents from Guided with Grace takes that fear away: someone there to walk with her whenever she needs to get up, so she can drink normally, sleep and get her strength back.
Night-time help draws on our personal care and mobility training. For a parent afraid of falling, the caregiver is mainly there to make getting up safe; whether they stay awake or rest nearby depends on how often she needs to get up.
As her confidence returns, some families reduce to fewer nights. Others add daytime personal care, and a parent who cannot be alone at any hour may need 24-hour home care.
Nights become the problem for several reasons.
After a fall, many older people avoid getting up at night. Help at hand ends the fear.
Cutting back on fluids to avoid the bathroom leads to dehydration and confusion. Safe night help fixes that.
Memory problems often get worse at night.
Listening for every movement is exhausting. A caregiver takes over the watch.
A caregiver in the house is the best fall prevention at night, and local help adds to it.
Fear of falling can be as limiting as a fall itself. People who are frightened move less, drink less and sleep less, which makes them weaker and more likely to fall again. Knowing that someone will be there every time she gets up at night breaks that cycle, and many clients regain confidence within a few weeks.
York Township Senior Services at 1502 South Meyers Road lends medical equipment free of charge, including walkers and shower benches, and can advise on other aids. For residents 60 and older who qualify, DuPage County Community Services (630-407-6500) can provide an emergency home response system through the Community Care Program, useful on nights without a caregiver. Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital and Advocate Good Samaritan are nearby; if a discharge team says she should not be alone at night, we can plan her first night home.
AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) supports the family member who has been up at night, and the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter’s Helpline, 1-800-272-3900, is open at all hours. The Lombard Park District’s Active Adults fitness classes can help rebuild strength and confidence during the day.
We cover nights in Lombard, Villa Park and Glen Ellyn. Learn more about Guided with Grace.
For a parent afraid of falling we choose patient caregivers who encourage rather than rush. 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.
We try to send the same person on her regular nights so the confidence builds with someone she trusts. More answers on the FAQ page.
Tell us about her nights.
Phone (630) 608-3956 or use the contact page. How often does she get up, and what worries her?
We see the route from bed to bathroom and the lighting.
When she gets up, how the caregiver helps, and how we will know she is getting steadier.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation.
As her confidence returns, families often add one of these.
Our night caregivers work in the towns around Lombard too.
Yes. With someone to walk with her, most people start drinking normally and sleeping better again within a few nights.
While she is still frightened, usually yes. As she regains confidence, a caregiver resting nearby is often enough.
Usually, once she knows someone will help her to the bathroom. The caregiver also offers drinks through the evening and keeps a glass by the bed.
Yes. Many families begin with the nights she finds hardest, within our minimum hours per shift.
It can help. York Township lends some equipment, and we can advise.
The caregiver can encourage the exercises her physical therapist recommends, during the evening or morning part of the shift.
The caregiver hears her stir and is beside her before she has taken more than a step or two.
Emergency services are called first, you are called next, and the caregiver does not leave her side.
Yes, and Elmhurst, Oakbrook Terrace, Addison and Glendale Heights.
Tell us about her nights. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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