Destiny Homecare: Compassionate Support in Illinois
Services provided by Destiny Homecare are focused on companionship, homemaking and assisting the client with activities of daily living with a goal of enabling that individual to remain safely and comfortably in their own home.
CALL: (708) 450-1920
We accept Medicaid, MCOs (Managed Care Organizations) and healthcare waivers or private pay services.
Destiny Homecare Services
These services will provide assistance that is not medical in nature but will help them with the tasks that allow them live independently.
Our caregivers go through extensive background checks, a very meticulous screening process, thorough on-going training and regular supervision. We strive to create safe and comfortable environments for our clients, to deliver services that exceed expectations and to enrich the lives of those whose lives we touch.
- Part of the Destiny Healthcare Services Home Care Network.
CALL: (708) 450-1920
Personalized Daily Living Support from Destiny Homecare
Providing companionship, friendship and emotional support; helping keep clients in contact with family, friends and the outside world; providing transportation to medical appointments, grocery store and errands; accompanying clients to recreational and/or social events; planning local trips and out-of-town travel with clients.
Home Making Services
Light housekeeping activities such as: making/changing beds; dusting; washing dishes; cleaning kitchen counters, cupboards and appliances, including oven, and stovetop burners; cleaning inside refrigerator; gathering up trash from inside the home and putting it out for pick up; cleaning bathroom fixtures; sweeping/vacuuming and scrubbing floors; light vacuuming; washing inside windows and cleaning blinds that are within reach without climbing.
Escorting or transporting clients to medical facilities, errands, shopping and outings; shopping for essential items on client’s behalf such as groceries and cleaning supplies; performing errands such as picking up medication and posting mail; assisting clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence.
Performing optional homemaker services, which are short-term, intermittent tasks necessary to maintain a clean, safe, healthy, and habitable home environment.
Personal Care Assistance Services
Skin care assistance — General preventative skin care assistance, including application of non-medicated lotions and solutions not requiring a physician’s prescription and application of moisturizers or cosmetics as part of a daily skin care regime. Skilled skin care, including wound care, dressing changes, application of prescription medications, skilled observation and reporting.
Ambulation assistance — Assistance of clients with ambulation, including clients who have been trained to use adaptive equipment for ambulation. Training of clients in the use of adaptive equipment for ambulation.
Bathing assistance — Assistance of clients with bathing in tub, shower and bed. Assistance of clients with skilled skin care needs or skilled dressings that will need attention before, during, or after bathing.
Dressing assistance — Assistance of clients with dressing with ordinary clothing, including clothing selection and fastening. Assistance with support stockings, Ace bandages, or compression devices as prescribed.
Exercise assistance — Passive assistance with clients in exercise limited to encouragement of normal bodily movement, or prescribed exercise programs. Assistance with passive range of motion exercises.
Feeding assistance — Feeding assistance when the client can swallow independently and be positioned upright. Skilled feeding assistance when syringe, tube feeding, or IV nutrition is required.
Hair care assistance — Shampooing, drying, combing and styling hair. Skilled hair care when medicated shampoo or physician-prescribed products are required.
Mouth care assistance — Denture care and basic oral hygiene, including oral suctioning. Skilled mouth care for unconscious clients.
Nail care assistance — Soaking nails, pushing back cuticles, filing nails. Skilled nail care including trimming.
Positioning assistance — Assistance with repositioning in bed, wheelchair or furniture. Skilled positioning when skin care is required.
Shaving assistance — Shaving with electric or safety razor. Skilled shaving with straight razor.
Toileting assistance — Assistance with bathroom use, bedpans, urinals, commodes, pericare, incontinence care, catheter bags, ostomy bags. Skilled toileting including catheter insertion/removal, ostomy care requiring skilled observation, suppositories, enemas.
Transfer assistance — Assistance with transfers when client can reliably stand and pivot. Use of adaptive equipment, gait belts, mechanical/electrical transfer devices with proper training. Skilled transfers when client cannot assist.
Medication reminding — Verbal prompting, handing/opening medication containers, reporting irregularities. Skilled medication management when medications are not pre-selected or clearly marked.
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