Home Care

Independence-4-Seniors Home Care in Chicago Honors Those with Mental Illness

Home Care, Senior Health

It’s long been a hush-hush topic, and the shame continues today, but mental illness, in one form or another, affects at least tens of millions of Americans. Honoring National Mental Health Month, Independence-4-Seniors Home Care in Chicago would like to aid families wrestling with mental illness to help break the chains of silence, and especially, […]

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Creating Useful Senior Home Care Tools Out of Everyday Items

Home Care, Quality of Life

Individuals who’ve ever spent time with young children appreciate precisely what a treasure trove of creativity results from a box stuffed with assorted odds and ends. Popsicle sticks, buttons, clothes pins, and paper clips can be modified from their normal routine uses into princesses, dragons, race cars, or a group of teddy bears – the

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Design Thinking: The Latest Trend in Improving Care at Home

Home Care, Quality of Life, Technology

An innovative concept, “design thinking,” has become connected to products designed particularly for the elderly. However, in its true form, design thinking actually encompasses a wider purpose: creating product solutions that make life more comfortable – whether the user is young or old. Seniors can definitely gain advantages from the development of carefully thought out

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She’s Coming Home Today! How Home Elderly Care Helps After a Hospitalization.

Home Care, Senior Health

Imagine this: Your elderly 85-year-old mother, who lives on her own, experienced a nasty fall, broke a few bones, and today is the day the hospital is releasing her. Leafing through her discharge papers reveals the need for medications, physical therapy, medical follow-up in several weeks, and a number of symptoms to watch for that

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Aging Parents Living at a Distance? Chicago Home Care Can Provide Peace of Mind.

Home Care, Senior Safety

Since moving several states away from your mom, you’ve made it a point to call her every Sunday morning, without exception. After catching up on what happened over the last week, she always reassures you that yes, she’s eating well, getting plenty of rest, taking her meds, and doing just fine. However, visiting her in

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