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Listing: Hospice and Palliative Care
This listing provides a description of hospice and palliative care and the services it provides families while providing national and local Chicagoland facilities focusing on the care for individuals dealing with complex and end of life issues.
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Listing: Durable Medical Equipment Vendors
This is a list of durable medical equipment (DME) vendors to assist people in activities such as bathing, eating, dressing, toileting and moving from place to place with the assistance of lifts, elevators, mobility equipment, crutches, canes, and ramps.
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Tips for Hiring a Caregiver
It is natural for families to feel worried or overwhelmed when hiring someone to care for their loved one. However, by understanding care options and available resources, families can more easily navigate the process of finding a trustworthy and caring person to help at home.
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Listing: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
This resource provides a listing of augmentative alternative communication (AAC)resources to assist people to find support and alternative communication devices available to use when unable to speak on their own.
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Wheelchair Care and Cleaning
Taking care of yourself includes taking care of the mobility aids that support your lifestyle. This involves cleaning your device and having good hand hygiene for viral infection prevention. This resource supports learning more about how to do this.
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Listing: Caregiver Support Resources
This listing provides information on a variety of resources for support as caregivers travel through their journey, as well as hiring a family member as your caregiver and the support resources to aid them.
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Listing: Assistive Technology and Aids for Daily Living
a list of organizations that aid in promoting ideas, use and referral services for adaptive ADL aids for daily living, and assistive technology equipment.
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Cerebral Palsy Foundation - CP Channel
The Cerebral Palsy foundation works to transform lives and empower research, and support of living better lives with Cerebral Palsy.
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Listing: Home Personal Assistance Resources
This listing of Illinois resources is to help people with disabilities and those over 60 find assistance at home with the daily activities that they could use assistance with such as meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, and light chores. Some of the resources offer financial assistance or reduced rates to accommodate the financial constraints that are often a consideration.
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Listing: Respite Resources
This listing provides various resources for respite services for all ages. Respite is to support and relief the caring that is needed when a caregiver is not available. These programs support the relief for children through adult years.
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