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END OF LIFE CARE
"Our Team takes pride in offering the type of ongoing love & support you would for your own loved ones. Our Service areas are Cook, DuPage and Kane County. Our services include ADL assistance, light housekeeping, meal preparation, medication reminders, shopping, errands, companionship, and our specialty is post partum care."
End of Life Care or Palliative Care Services is driven by compassion and commitment to help individuals who are going through the last days, last weeks or last months of their life cycle. End of Life Care, often coupled with Hospice Care from a Hospice Provider, aims to provide the proper emotional support, physical support and personal assistance to anyone going through the last days of life.
Like Our Own Home Care understands the responsibility of this role, and our Home Service Workers are there to comfort the individual, relieve the family caregivers, and maintain a peaceful, pain-free and positive environment during the last moments of life.
“Palliative Care” or “Hospice Care” often times go hand-in-hand with End Of Life Care Services:
Palliative care is the operational support during the ongoing treatment of a severe illness like cancer. It might begin from as early as the initial stage of the treatment and may go on indefinitely, totally depending upon the patient’s recovery and needs.
Palliative care assists individuals coping with a variety of serious and chronic illnesses, such as:
Cancer
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Emphysema
Kidney failure
Liver failure
Lung disease
Neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s, or ALS
Hospice Care is specifically for the patients who have discontinued their treatment and are prepared to embrace the last days of their lives. Starting Hospice Care early can assist in providing longer months of meaningful care, comfort and quality time with loved ones.
Like Our Own Home Care is there to provide empathy, pain management, and assistance in the patient’s daily activities while simultaneously coordinating with the concerned family members to keep them up-to-date.
The departing ones need an enriching environment to bid their goodbyes with dignity and respect. Our reliable End of life care services helps those close to us go on with their life independently and safely. Here are some key benefits of efficient End of Life Home Care Services:
Patient Advocacy to ensure your loved-ones care and needs are being met and honored
Continuous monitoring of changes in symptoms
Monitoring acute changes in the patient’s conditions (day and night)
Assistance with daily activities like bathing, showering, eating, and dressing.
Medication Management
Housekeeping services like cleaning, cooking, laundry and sanitation
Aiding to the patient’s desires and wishes
Supporting the patient and their family
Improving quality of life
Imparting a sense of independence in life
Providing emotional support through Companionship
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