You used to sing in the church choir on Thursday nights, play in a golf league on Saturdays and meet your book club once a month. One by one they went, as caring for your husband took over. Respite care Lombard IL families arrange with Guided with Grace is about getting one of them back: a screened caregiver on a fixed day each week, so there is one thing in your life that is still yours.
Our respite care puts a trained caregiver in charge of your loved one’s routine for the hours you choose. It works best booked as a regular slot, so it becomes part of the week rather than an emergency measure.
A regular break often leads families to more regular help, and if nights are the real problem, an overnight caregiver may help most.
These are the caregivers we hear from most.
Choir, golf, friends. One protected slot a week brings a piece of your life back.
Caring around the clock is exhausting at any age. Regular breaks protect your health.
Cover lets you keep your job and your parent safe.
Planned cover makes it possible to have the treatment you have been postponing.
There is public help for caregivers in DuPage County, and we are glad to point you to it.
Caregivers often give up the things that keep them well first: the weekly choir rehearsal, the round of golf, lunch with a friend. Those are exactly the things that help a caregiver last. A regular, protected slot each week, covered by the same caregiver, makes it possible to keep at least one of them.
AgeGuide’s Family Caregiver Support Program (1-800-528-2000) funds respite, counseling and legal help for family caregivers across DuPage County. For a loved one 60 or older who qualifies, DuPage County Community Services (630-407-6500) runs the Illinois Community Care Program, which can include adult day services. York Township Senior Services at 1502 South Meyers Road offers a senior center (630-620-2400), a dining program and Senior Rides (630-620-2424), all of which can give him somewhere to be while you have your time.
The DuPage Senior Citizens Council, based in Lombard, provides Meals on Wheels and friendly visits, and the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter’s Helpline, 1-800-272-3900, is available at any hour for families dealing with dementia. If your own procedure is at Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital, we can plan cover around the date.
We provide respite in Lombard, Villa Park and Glen Ellyn. More about Guided with Grace.
Before the first visit we go through his routine with you in detail. 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 regular slot goes to the same caregiver wherever possible, so he gets to know them. See the FAQ page.
Choose your slot and we will do the rest.
Call (630) 608-3956 or use the contact page with the day and hours you want back.
We meet him and you walk us through his routine.
You know who is coming before the first visit.
Care can often begin within a few days of the consultation.
Respite often leads to one of these.
Respite is also available nearby.
No. Keeping something of your own helps you keep going as a caregiver, which is good for both of you.
Yes. We assign a regular slot to the same caregiver wherever possible.
The caregiver comes for the first time while you are at home, shares a coffee and learns his routine from you. The next visit is usually much easier, and by the third he tends to expect them.
No. It is for anyone caring for an older relative.
Yes, if he enjoys it.
The caregiver prompts medications at the times you set and writes down what was taken, exactly as you do.
Yes. Funded and private respite work well together.
Call us. Short notice is often possible.
Yes, and Elmhurst, Oakbrook Terrace, Addison and Glendale Heights.
Tell us which day you want back. Call (630) 608-3956 or schedule a consultation.
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