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Crucial Colon Cancer Screenings Detect and Prevent Colorectal Cancer in Illinois

Many of my caregivers at Home Helpers have had opportunities to help aging adults and seniors who were battling some form of cancer. Some clients were undergoing cancer treatments, while others in advanced stages were managing the symptoms and pain of their disease as comfortably as possible while approaching their end of life. It’s never...

Understanding High Blood Pressure and Strategies of Prevention and Control

Many of our clients at Home Helpers have been diagnosed with hypertension, or high blood pressure (HBP). In fact, as many as 30 percent of adults in Illinois have received the same diagnosis ranking our state as 10th in the nation for the lowest percentage of cases, according to America’s Health Rankings published by United...

How Seniors Can Choose the Best Bath Remodeling Contractors for Needs, Budgets & Safety

Now and then, I hear about a rogue contractor who has scammed a senior out of lots of money without providing the services for which the senior has paid. It’s terrible that this happens to anyone, but it is especially troubling and sad when it happens to a vulnerable senior. Last year, one of our...

Kay Jurica, Owner of Home Helpers Kankakee & Frankfort, Among Daily Journal’s Women in Business

The Daily Journal recently published its annual Women in Business Magazine, which shines a spotlight on area businesswomen from a variety of different industries. I am honored and grateful to have been included among these amazing, empowered women, and to have Home Helpers Kankakee and Frankfort featured under the home healthcare category. In the “Letter...

Healthy Aging Includes Common Physical Changes

We all have family members and friends who are seniors. I’ve noticed that many of my aging loved ones are experiencing a variety of changes to their physical health. So, to better understand how growing older impacts the body, I did some research. The Mayo Clinic provides a comprehensive overview of how healthy aging includes...

UpliftedCare Delivers Hospice Care Services for Seniors & Veterans in the Bourbonnais Area

On Friday, November 17th, Home Helpers® Bourbonnais Director of Operations, Sara, and I attended a special event hosted by a local hospice agency, UpliftedCare. This Open House event was held at their Grief Counseling Center, 3115 N 1000 W Rd in Bourbonnais, to commemorate National Hospice, Home Care and Palliative Care Month. It was a...

Early Detection through Breast Cancer Screenings Could Prove to be Lifesaving

One of our Home Helpers caregivers was watching TV with her client, and she saw something that captured her attention. Two of the male hosts of a daytime Emmy award-winning talk show, The Talk, featured something incredibly unique. Former NFL player turned talk show co-host, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and actor/co-host Jerry O’Connell underwent mammograms as a...

6 Safety Steps to Help Prevent Seniors from Falling

Did you know that… Every 11 seconds, a senior is seen in an emergency department after having suffered a fall? More than one in four seniors aged 65+ falls each year in America? Falls result in more than 3 million injuries treated in emergency departments annually, including more than 800,000 hospitalizations? The financial toll for...

A Healthy Quality of Life Includes Social Opportunities for Seniors

Quality of life (QOL) is a phrase often used by our Home Helpers team when we assess seniors and aging adults and explore the many ways we can improve and enhance their lives. After all, quality of life simply means “overall enjoyment of life; general well-being; specifically: the degree to which a person or group...