Men are often the hardest to help. Your father shaved every morning of his working life, never let anyone see him less than presentable, and would sooner skip a shower for a week than let his daughter help him into it. In home personal care Glen Ellyn IL families arrange with Guided with Grace takes that pride seriously: a caregiver matched to him, a routine that feels like his own, and help with the parts of the morning he can no longer manage, without anyone making a fuss about it.
Our personal care is hands-on help with washing, dressing, grooming and the bathroom. With a proud man it works best when it is matter-of-fact: the caregiver treats it as a job to be done well and quickly, not as a favor or a problem.
The first sign is usually quiet: a father who wears the same shirt three days running, or a mother who cannot lift her husband out of the tub any more.
Unshaven and in yesterday's clothes is not who he is. A morning routine done with him puts him back together.
After a hospital stay the discharge papers say not to shower alone. Someone needs to be there for the first weeks.
She has been lifting him out of the bath for months. It is time for someone trained to take that over.
Hands that shake or will not grip make buttons and razors hard. Patient help keeps him well turned out.
Personal care is one piece; Glen Ellyn has others that fit around it.
The Glen Ellyn Senior Services Office helps residents 60 and older with Ride DuPage and RTA reduced-fare applications and offers Senior Health Insurance Program counseling, which is useful when Medicare questions follow a hospital stay. Ride DuPage runs around the clock for village residents 65 and older, so a follow-up appointment is easy to reach even on days a caregiver is not scheduled. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield and Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton are where many of our Glen Ellyn clients come home from; when a discharge planner says your father will need help bathing and dressing, we can be ready for his first morning back.
For residents 60 and older who qualify, DuPage County Community Services (630-407-6500) runs the Illinois Community Care Program, which can pay for some in-home help; private personal care covers the hours those visits do not. AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) supports the spouse who has been doing the lifting, and the DuPage Senior Citizens Council brings Meals on Wheels across the county.
We provide personal care in Glen Ellyn, Wheaton and Lombard. More about how we work.
We ask up front whether your father would prefer a male or female caregiver, how he likes to be spoken to and what he will never tolerate, and we match accordingly. 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.
He keeps the same caregiver wherever the schedule allows, because being helped in the shower is easier with someone you know. More on the FAQ page.
We can usually tell within one visit what help he needs and what he will accept.
Call (630) 608-3956 or write through the contact page: what has become hard and how he feels about help.
We check the tub or shower, the toilet height, the bedroom and any equipment he already has.
Which steps he does alone, which we help with, and in what order.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation, starting with the tasks he minds least.
Once mornings run smoothly, families often add one of these.
Our caregivers also visit the villages around Glen Ellyn.
Often, yes. We start with the parts he minds least, such as a shave or help with shoes, and match a caregiver he is comfortable with. Bathing usually follows once trust is there.
Yes. Tell us his preference and we match to it wherever we can.
No. It is non-medical help with washing, dressing, grooming, toileting and moving about. Wound care and other clinical tasks stay with nurses.
Usually. Give us the date and any instructions from his therapists and we will plan the first morning around them.
Yes. A bedtime visit can be added to the morning one, within our minimum hours per visit.
Yes. If he qualifies for some state-funded hours, our visits cover the times those hours do not.
Yes, along with Carol Stream, Winfield, Lisle, Villa Park and Bloomingdale.
Tell us what mornings are like and how he feels about help. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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