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Home care in Chicago

Caring help at home for the people you love. It starts with a free home visit.

  • Near UChicago Medicine
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A caregiver greeting an older woman at home

What we help with

Pick what you need. Change it any time.

  • Bathing and dressing
  • Meals and cooking
  • Housekeeping and laundry
  • Medication reminders
  • Groceries and medication pickup
  • Memory care
  • Companionship
  • Respite for family
Care planSample weekly schedule
Agreed in writing
BathingMealsMedication remindersErrands
14 hrs / weekUpdated when needs change

Local help in Chicago

Chicago runs six regional and fourteen satellite senior centers, free to visit.

  • City senior centersSix regional and fourteen satellite centers across the city, run by the city.
  • Coming home from UChicago Medicine?We can set up care before discharge, so help is there the first night.
  • Chicago Department of Family and Support ServicesThe city’s area agency on aging. Senior services line: (312) 744-4016, weekdays 9 to 5.

These are free public services. You can use them alongside home care. Every free resource near Chicago →

ChicagoSouth, West and North Sides

Ways to pay

We check what you’re covered for, free. Each guide explains one option.

Long-term care insuranceMost policies pay for care at home.Read the guide
VA benefitsHelp for veterans and surviving spouses.Read the guide
A family member as the caregiverSomeone you trust, trained and paid.Read the guide
Medicare, and paying on your ownWhat Medicare covers at home, and what it doesn’t.Read the guide
Medicaid and state programsFor people 60 and older, and adults under 60 with a disability.Read the guide

Common questions

Neighborhoods we serve

South Side

Southwest Side

West Side

North & Northwest Side

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Most of the South, Southwest, West and North Sides. Enter your zip when you start online and we will confirm.

Start with City senior centers and Chicago Department of Family and Support Services. They can connect you with local programs. We are glad to work alongside them.

Often within days. It starts with a free home visit.

It depends on the hours. We quote after the free visit and check what coverage you have.

No. We help with daily life: bathing, meals, housekeeping, errands and company.

Start with a free home visit.

Under a minute online. No obligation.

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