A huge thank you to all our caregivers, our clients, and our community partners for joining us at our holiday open house last Friday. Thank you so much for showing up and hopefully having as much fun as we did. About the Holiday Open House We enjoyed decking out our front family room of the office with some homey holiday…
Around the holidays, we often start thinking about home. “There’s no place like home for the holidays” as they say! Thinking About Our Homes for the Holidays At Assisting Hands Home Care, we know that everyone’s home is as unique as they are. Trust us, we visit a lot of homes! Some people have big bustling families with multiple generations…
At Assisting Hands Home Care, we like to get festive! This past Halloween, we decorated and delivered some caramel apples to our local partners to show our appreciation of our relationship. This is our way of saying “thank you” for being supportive of our home care agency! Contact Us Interested in becoming a partner or caregiver? Please give us a…
It’s that time of year to “fall back” into routine. Summer feels great, but it also feel goods to make plans for our coziest season. Here’s a few special events happening around the Assisting Hands family this fall: October 3rd Fall Caregiver Appreciation Night We’ll be getting together for a potluck and paint night at Bottle & Bottega in downtown…
At Assisting Hands Home Care, we are so used to visiting our clients in their homes, that it is a special day for us when we can play host! Last Thursday, June 20th, we had the opportunity to invite local nurses, social workers, speech language pathologists, and community members for a presentation on Parkinson’s Disease and how to effectively care…
How to get out and about in the sunshine this June Do you ever feel that a good deal is just what you need to get out of the house and try something new? Some of our Arlington Heights clients are the best deal-hunters I know and give us tips on some of the great discounts for seniors around town. Here’s a…
In home care, getting the whole team together can be quite the project. We have caregivers who work mornings, afternoons, evenings, overnights, live-ins, and just about every hour of the day. This is the service we provide to our local families, but we also need the opportunity to get together to build and support our team through some of the…
Assisting Hands Home Care will be participating in the Northwest Suburban Walk to End Alzheimer’s this Saturday, September 21, 2018. The walk is the largest of its kind and helps raise awareness about the disease and funds toward support and research. As of Saturday, September 14th, the NW suburban team has raised $124, 934.13 and has 607 participants. If you’d…
November is time to celebrate family caregivers November is national family caregiver month, and that means a chance to celebrate the unrecognized heroes behind your friends’ and neighbors’ front doors. Did you know that approximately one-fifth of women in the workforce are also family caregivers?[1] Chances are you or someone you know is working this double shift, and that extra…
