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Category: Benefits of In-Home Care

ADL Medical Abbreviation: Activities of Daily Living

Leave it to the healthcare industry to come up with yet another few acronyms to add to their extensive list – ADLs and IADLs. These are common terms in the healthcare field used to outline the everyday self-care tasks that...

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Significant Benefits of Companionship for Seniors

When you think about what a healthy lifestyle means, a good diet and exercise program is likely what comes to mind. Therefore, it may surprise you that social interaction is every bit as important to a person’s well-being. This is...

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What Home Care Services Can a Professional Home Care Agency Provide?

In our last blog post, we shared the positive aspects of utilizing a professional in-home care agency to provide the highest quality and safest level of home care services in the west suburbs of Chicago. But specifically, what types of home care services are available to help older individuals remain safe and thriving at home? If you have decided that it’s time to search for in-home help for an older family member, there are a number of customized home care services available. The following information can help you narrow down the specific type of help your loved one requires: Household...

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Choose a Professional Home Care Agency for Ease of Care

When you are looking for in home care for elderly loved ones, there are many available possibilities, and deciding where to turn can be overwhelming. For example, should you work with a professional home care agency, a privately hired caregiver, or use a caregiving registry? And how can you figure out which home care option is optimal for your loved one’s specific requirements? There are advantages and disadvantages with most choices, but when it comes to in-home care, the solution is clear: hiring a professional elder care agency like Home & Hearth Caregivers is the ideal choice for the highest...

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Kidney Disease: What You Need to Know to Adapt & Thrive

The LaGrange, IL home care experts at Home & Hearth Caregivers want to help you understand the signs your kidneys might be sending. Loss of appetite. Hiccups. Itching. Difficulty sleeping. These are just a handful of the many seemingly innocuous indicators that could perhaps mean kidney disease. And with upwards of 20 million people in the U.S. fighting the disease, and many more not yet diagnosed, it’s essential to bring any troublesome signs or symptoms to the attention of your doctor. If kidney disease is the culprit, these instructions from the National Kidney Center can help you or your loved...

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How to Use Daily Activities to Determine Which In Home Care Services Are Needed

It can be human nature to deny that we are in need of help, although we really do. This can be typical especially of seniors, who may not want to confess they need help doing the daily activities that used to be a snap but now are becoming more difficult. For loved ones, this can make noticing that an older adult requires help harder to identify. The encouraging news is that there are resources that can help family members and others better recognize when a senior needs help. Regardless of whether you are planning long-term care for yourself or a...

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Serving Suburbs
and Chicagoland

The Best Home Care for Seniors
in the Chicago, IL Area

At Home & Hearth Caregivers, we are proud to offer compassionate, family-like in-home care, respite care, and Alzheimer’s and dementia care services to seniors and families throughout Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, McHenry Counties, including the following cities and towns:

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