BrightStar Care® of Central DuPage-Wheaton provides supplemental caregivers for hospice care. We work to provide team-oriented care in conjunction with the family and primary hospice provider to people with a life-limiting illness or injury. We help administer expert medical care, pain management, emotional and spiritual support to a person at end of life, as well as support to their loved ones. When family caregivers can't be with their ill loved one due to work, distance, or simply because they are exhausted and need a break, families need to know that they have options. A supplemental caregiver or nurse from BrightStar Care can give families solace in knowing that their loved ones are being cared for, even when members of the family are not able to be there. Often a family member chooses to be in the supportive role to their loved one by leaving the caregiving role to BrightStar Care.
What aspects does a hospice assistance caregiver help with?
- Providing respite care when the family caregiver needs rest
- Assisting with personal care, including bed baths, assistance with toileting, and personal hygiene
- Providing companionship, including light housekeeping, meal preparation and running errands
- Medication management, including pain comfort
- Tracking meal intake
- Measuring outputs
- Assist client to meet end-of-life goals
- Enhance the home environment
- Communicating with the hospice care providers for continual care
- From hourly up to 24 hour RN, LPN, or CNA nurse service