Options for In-Home Care: What Level of Care Do You Need?

Are you overwhelmed by looking for home care services for youurself or your loved one? Finding quality care is an extremely important process, and Independence-4-Seniors Home Care offers many care options in the suburbs of Chicago. To help you in your research, we've broken down some of the main functions and ability levels that we take into account when recommending either part-time or full-time home care.

Minimal to Minor Care at Home:

  • Emergency Responsiveness: The individual is able to negotiate stairs, call for assistance or respond appropriately to someone helping him or her during an emergency.
  • Mobility: The individual is able to walk and transfer himself or herself from a bed or chair independently with infrequent falling.
  • Activities of Daily Living (bathing, dressing, feeding, etc.): The individual is able to accomplish most activities with little help, perhaps needing assistance with meals or housekeeping or reminders about medications, assistance with grooming, etc.
  • Mental Status: The individual has little to no mental impairment.

More to Full-time Care at Home:

  • Emergency Responsiveness: The individual needs definite or major assistance in the event of an emergency.
  • Mobility: The individual is prone to falls and needs either stand-by or full assistance walking or transferring.
  • Activities of Daily Living: The individual needs reminders and/or full assistance with many or all activities of daily living.
  • Mental Status: The individual has mild to moderate memory impairment, becomes disoriented often, and/or exhibits mild confusion.

Explore your home care options in the Chicago Suburbs of DuPage, Cook, Kane or Will County by contacting Independence-4-Seniors Home Care today! Our quality caregivers will answer any questions you have about our home care services and the excellent care we can provide you or your loved one.