Assisting Hands Home Care provides Parkinson’s care services to help those affected by Parkinson’s disease in Highland Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville, and the surrounding areas in Lake County, IL. Our caregivers have the experience to provide effective personal care and assistance to ensure that those with Parkinson’s disease can live a better quality of life in their homes.
Parkinson’s disease is a disease of the nervous system that affects muscles throughout the body, making it difficult to control movements. It is a degenerative disease that begins with mild symptoms that get worse over time. The most common symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are tremors, shakiness, stiff muscles, poor balance, and difficulty speaking which make it practically impossible for a Parkinson’s patient to live without care. If you have a loved one suffering from Parkinson’s who wishes to receive care in their home, our professionals at Assisting Hands Home Care can help.
At Assisting Hands Home Care, we provide Parkinson’s home care services to help those affected in Highland Park, IL and the surrounding areas in Lake County. Our caregivers will help your loved ones with activities of daily living (ADLs) and ensure that they get around their home safely. We can also help with household tasks to keep the home clean.
Development of Parkinson’s Disease
Call Assisting Hands Home Care Agency at (224) 268-9068 to schedule a free consultation about our in-home Parkinson’s Care services in Highland Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville, and the surrounding areas in Lake County, IL.
The root cause of Parkinson’s disease is the death of dopamine producing nerve cells in the brain. The low dopamine levels cause abnormal brain activity which affects its ability to regulate body movements. The symptoms of Parkinson’s will continue to worsen and those affected will face numerous complications that makes it difficult live without care.
Slow movement, tremors, rigid muscles, loss of automative movements, impaired posture and balance, and difficult speaking and eating are among the most common symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Those affected are also likely to experience the following complications:
- Depression: Those in the early stages of Parkinson’s may experience depression or anxiety as their symptoms get worse.
- Cognitive issues: Parkinson’s patients may develop cognitive issues like dementia in the later stages of the disease.
- Swallowing and eating issues: Chewing and swallowing become difficult as those affected lose control of their muscles. This puts Parkinson’s patients at a high risk of malnutrition and choking.
- Sleeping issues: Parkinson’s patients have trouble staying asleep through the night.
- Toileting issues: Lose of muscle control can lead to incontinence or difficulty using the restroom and slow digestion caused by Parkinson’s can lead to constipation.
Professional Parkinson’s Caregivers
Our Parkinson’s caregivers can help improve the quality of life for your loved ones with Parkison’s disease with effective home care services. We will ensure their personal care needs are met by helping them with activities of daily living (ADLs), mobility assistance, and household tasks like meal preparation and housekeeping. You and your loved ones will have peace of mind knowing one of our caregivers is in the home to help.
Our Parkinson’s care services include the following:
- Personal care and assistance: We will help your loved ones with personal care and grooming including bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, and other activities that are too difficult to do on their own.
- Medication reminders: We will ensure that your loved ones always take their medication at the right time to help mitigate their symptoms.
- Mobility assistance: We can help those with mobility issues to ensure that they move around the home safely and get in and out of their bed, recliner, or wheelchair.
- Companion care: Our caregiver will be a companion to your loved one and build a personal relationship with them through friendly conversation and fun activities.
- Transportation and errands: We can drive your loved ones to doctor appointments and other important events and help with errands.
- Overnight care: We can ensure that your loved one is not alone at night with our overnight care services. Our caregiver will arrive in the evening to help your loved ones get to bed and stay nearby to help when needed in the middle of the night.
- Live-in and 24-hour care: We can provide live-in and 24-hour care services for Parkinson’s patients who need constant supervision. Depending on the level of care needed, we can have a caregiver live in the home with your loved one, but they will need time to sleep at night, or have multiple caregivers switch shifts so a caregiver is always awake in the home.
Call Assisting Hands Home Care for In-Home Consultation
Our caregivers at Assisting Hands Home Care can provide effective home care services for Parkinson’s patients at all stages of the disease. We will set up an in-home consultation to evaluate the condition and care needs of your loved ones so we can create a personalized care plan that allows them to live safely at home.
You can call us at (847) 268-9068 for more about our Parkinson’s home care services in Highland Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville, and the surrounding areas of Lake County, IL.
