Most of the falls that send Kendall County seniors on the long drive to Rush Copley happen in the same few places: the shower, the toilet, the edge of the bed, the back step. Those are exactly the moments personal care covers. In home personal care Kendall County families arrange with Guided with Grace is fall prevention at the point of risk: a screened caregiver steadying your mother through the two or three moments of the day when she is most likely to go down.
Our personal care is hands-on help with the private tasks of the day, and every one of those tasks is also a moment of risk. The caregiver’s job is to make each one safe without making your parent feel managed.
The signal is rarely a dramatic fall. It is a near miss on the bathroom floor, a bruise nobody explains, a parent who has quietly stopped showering.
She caught the towel bar this time. Next time she may not. Bathing help is the single most effective fall prevention there is.
After a hip, a knee or a stay in Aurora, the discharge papers say not to shower or dress alone, and the nearest child is in Plainfield.
Feet that cannot feel the floor and legs that do not lift need a steadying hand at every transfer.
He has been lifting his wife out of the tub for a year. One slip and there are two patients.
Personal care works best inside the county’s wider safety net, small as it is.
If your parent is 60 or older, Senior Services Associates at the Beecher Center in Yorkville (630-553-5777) can arrange an in-home assessment for the state’s Community Care Program; any funded hours can cover part of the week while we take the early mornings and weekends. The Kendall County Health Department at 811 West John Street in Yorkville (630-553-9100) runs a Caregiver Resource Center, and AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) supports the family member who has been doing the intimate care until now.
Hospital discharges are the other trigger. Most Kendall County residents are treated at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora, with the Rush Copley Emergency Center on Veterans Parkway in Yorkville open 24 hours and Morris Hospital’s Yorkville campus offering immediate care; when a discharge planner says your parent will need help washing and dressing, we can be ready for the first morning home. Kendall Area Transit (1-877-IGO-4KAT) covers follow-up appointments Monday through Friday for registered riders on the days a caregiver escort is not scheduled, and the Oswego Senior & Community Center offers exercise classes that help with balance once your parent is steady.
We serve the whole county from our Naperville office. Read about our approach to care.
Fall prevention is a habit of attention: the rug that slides, the wet tile, the moment a parent reaches for something instead of asking. Our caregivers are trained to notice, and to steady rather than take over. 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.
Tell us if your mother wants a woman and how slowly she likes to go, and we match for both; the caregiver we send lives nearby and keeps coming back. The FAQ page covers more.
Tell us where the near misses have been and we plan around them.
Call (630) 608-3956 or use the contact page: where your parent has slipped, stumbled or stopped trying.
We look at the tub, the toilet, the bedside, the back step and anything else that has caused a wobble.
When the caregiver steadies, when your parent manages alone, and which hours that means.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation, depending on your needs and schedule, and often the day after a discharge.
Personal care reaches every part of Kendall County. The towns below are where most of our clients live; ask about anywhere else.
When the dangerous moments are handled, these often come next.
The same caregivers serve Kane, Will and DuPage counties.
For most families it is the answer, at least for now. Bathing and transfer help covers the moments when falls actually happen, and a few simple changes to the bathroom cover the rest. We will tell you honestly if we think more is needed.
No. It is practical, non-medical help with washing, dressing, grooming, the toilet and moving about. Nurses look after wounds and anything clinical.
Yes. Ask for a woman and a woman is who we send, in Yorkville or anywhere else.
Yes. Funded hours through Senior Services Associates and our private visits can share the week between them.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation, and sooner if we know the discharge date in advance.
Yes. Saturday and Sunday showers are just as risky as weekday ones, and we cover them within our minimum hours per visit.
Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Montgomery, Minooka, Boulder Hill and Bristol are the communities we serve most often. Call and we will confirm coverage anywhere else in Kendall County.
Tell us where the near misses have been and we will plan the help around them. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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