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Senior Care Services for Your Loved Ones

Our home care services can provide everything including light housekeeping, medication reminders, transportation to and from doctor’s appointments, personal care, and more. Our caregivers are all trained, background-checked, experienced, and insured to provide the best home care possible for your loved one. Assisting Hands Home Care of Schaumburg proudly serves the following areas: Schaumburg Rolling Meadows Elk Grove Village Palatine Hoffman Estates Norridge Harwood Heights… Read More »Senior Care Services for Your Loved Ones

How to Get Your Elderly Parents to Consider Home Care

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that as recently as 2009, one in five seniors in the US aged 75 and older requires support in completing the basic tasks of daily living, such as grocery shopping, managing medications and maintaining the cleanliness of the home. As the baby boomer generation continues to age, that number has risen sharply. The Need for Home Care In… Read More »How to Get Your Elderly Parents to Consider Home Care

When it’s Time to Call a Caregiver for Your Aging Parent

You might suspect that your elderly parent needs help at home with activities of daily living, but how will you know for sure?  How do you bring up the question of home care with your parents without offending or irritating them?

When it’s Time to Call a Caregiver for Your Aging Parent

You might suspect that your elderly parent needs help at home with activities of daily living, but how will you know for sure? How do you bring up the question of home care with your parents without offending or irritating them? Just waiting for your parents to admit that they need elderly home care is not likely to happen. Seniors want to be in control… Read More »When it’s Time to Call a Caregiver for Your Aging Parent

How to Choose a Home Care Service Provider

Sometimes getting your elderly relatives to agree to seek out home care can be difficult, but once they have agreed, it is time to look for a home care service provider.  There are many home care companies out there that offer elderly care, but it is important to know how to find a reputable care provider.  Here, we outline some considerations you must take into account when looking for a home care service provider to ensure that you choose a good provider the first time.

Hiring a Caregiver? Here’s What to Ask

So you noticed that your aging parents could use some help around the home and you have discussed the option of home care with them, only to agree to provide care yourself for the time being. This is a good enough solution at the time, because you believe you can keep up with providing care for your parents while also managing your own life.

Hiring a Caregiver? Here’s What to Ask

So you noticed that your aging parents could use some help around the home and you have discussed the option of home health care with them, only to agree to provide care yourself for the time being. This is a good enough solution at the time, because you believe you can keep up with providing care for your parents while also managing your own life.… Read More »Hiring a Caregiver? Here’s What to Ask

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What is Home Care: Pros and Cons of Different Types of Home Care

Most senior citizens are aware of what home care is, but they may consciously refuse to admit that they need it themselves.  If your elderly relatives are refusing home care, you must talk to them about it in a way that does not make them feel inadequate.  Once your senior relatives have decided to go with home care services, you and your loved ones need to decide what type of home care is needed.  It is important to understand what types of home care services are available in order to pick the one that best fits the needs of your loved ones.