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Signs That Your Aging Loved One Needs Home Care

Taking care of a parent or loved can become more demanding as they age. Eventually, many family caregivers seek professional home care services to ensure optimal care for their loved one. Senior home care in Pingree Grove, Illinois Professional home care aims to delay or prevent seniors from moving to a nursing home or assisted living center. Its … Continue reading

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Quality Home Care for You and Your Senior Loved One

These days, many seniors are choosing to live independently and retire in their own homes. To assist aging loved ones at home, family members and caretakers make important decisions about their loved one’s daily living. The primary caretakers are typically working children of elderly parents with limited time and ability to provide daily care for … Continue reading

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Tips For Medication Safety for Older Adults

Are you helping your senior loved one take medications? If you are (or might be in the future), then you must be mindful of medication safety. What is medication safety and why is it important? Medicines are intended to bring healing and wellness to an ill person. Yet, when they are not used according to … Continue reading

How to Make Your Senior Loved One Smile

It’s so fulfilling to see our loved ones smiling brightly. Sharing in the joy of our aging family members demonstrates – and adds to – their quality of life. So how do we help them achieve or enhance quality of life in the elderly stage? As a provider of home care services in Illinois, we … Continue reading

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Making a Difference with Compassionate Nursing Care

When we think of nurses, many think of the words “efficient” or “diligent” or “professional”. However, at Passionate Private Duty, a provider of both home nursing care and non-medical home care in Illinois, we believe that home health solutions should be delivered with utmost compassion as well as expertise. We’ve compiled a list of ways … Continue reading

Having a Nurse Versus a Caregiver at Home

People who have used home care and home health care services can usually differentiate between the care provided by a caregiver versus a nurse. Caregivers (also called Direct Care Workers) assist with the activities of daily living, while nurses perform medical procedures and care. Choosing between these two professionals to provide in-home care boils down … Continue reading