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Welcome to the Open Arms Education Center!

Enjoy in-home care guidance, our virtual learning events, podcast, blog and much more!

Client, family or care professional looking to create meaningful, inspired senior care experiences?

You've come to the right place.

We have spent the last decade serving over 2000 clients and researching the best ways to accommodate seniors with chronic conditions. We enjoy sharing our knowledge and passion with families and the wider care community who are seeking additional resources.

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Getting Started with In-Home Care

Ready? Let’s get started! While every client situation is unique, there are many common questions we get from those new to in-home care. Our getting started resources can help you evaluate if in-home care is right for you and your loved one.

Steps to get started quickly:

  • Review our FAQs & download decision guides
  • Contact our team to discuss your loved one’s situation and schedule an in-home assessment
  • If we fit your needs, we get started with caregiver matching
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Top 5 FAQ Questions

What are the benefits of personal in-home care versus a senior facility?

Most seniors prefer to remain in the comfort of their own home as they age. While senior facilities can offer extensive services and community, research supports that at home is best. Seniors who remain in their own home with a nurturing, supportive environment will continue to be more socially engaged, physically active and achieve a greater state of wellbeing.

However, this usually puts a good deal of strain on the family to take on the ever-increasing caregiver responsibilities for seniors as they age -- especially those with chronic conditions such as Dementia or Parkinson’s.

Opting for in-home care assistance relieves the family of many of these duties. Additionally, our in-home care provides one-on-one individualized care and caregiving expertise that families often need as their loved ones' condition becomes more challenging.

How do I know if my loved one needs in-home care?

There are many factors involved in determining when is the right time for in-home care, or if it is the best choice for your family.

The best way to gauge if now is the time to start in-home care assistance is to
take our preliminary online assessment. This assessment will help you identify signs that it may be time to take the next step.

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What a chronic condition, and why do you specialize in chronic care?

A chronic condition is a human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects, or a disease that comes with time. Common chronic conditions in seniors include Dementia, Parkinson’s, ALS, stroke, COPD to CHF.

Chronic care conditions such as the ones listed below have sensitive needs and often present more challenges for caregivers. We focus our caregiver training and design our caregiving programs specifically to address these sensitive needs.

What is inspired care?

We help clients and their families transform painful experiences into inspired, meaningful experiences. We go above and beyond in our program design and method to ensure the highest life quality. We do this by looking deeply at the whole client, the whole care team, and the whole program experience.

What training do your caregivers go through?

Even before training, we invest in making sure that we recruit caregivers who share our passion for senior care. We look for those who demonstrate values that we believe are critical to creating meaningful caregiving experiences.

Additionally, all Open Arms Solutions Caregivers have at least two years of experience working with seniors in some capacity and a minimum of six months of prior senior caregiving.

During the onboarding process, they go through a company-specific orientation. This training covers many personal care topics including:

  • The latest transferring techniques
  • Background on the most common chronic conditions such as Dementia and Parkinson’s
  • Strategies to handle challenging client situations
  • All required training by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Open Arms Solutions care professionals also undergo online training annually to stay current on the latest techniques and strategies.

"Conversations on Care" Live on Facebook Talk Show

Conversations on Care is a Facebook talk show bringing together service providers, clients, and caregivers. Our goal is to help the community better understand and cope with chronic care needs.

Join the conversation live, ask questions, and request topics every other week on Facebook or YouTube.

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Guides & Downloads

How To Pay For Senior Care

Tackle one of the most daunting questions families face with our guide. Here you’ll learn more about the options available to you and your loved one.

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Comparing In-Home Care Options

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of working with Open Arms versus hiring independently or working with an agency.

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Take Our Online Care Assessment Now

Is in-home care right for your loved one? Take our online care assessment to see if now is the right time to move forward with in-home care.

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OAS Inspired Care Blog

Looking to create meaningful experiences during this challenging phase of life? Explore valuable information on in-home senior care, chronic disease management for seniors, and more.

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How to Communicate with Your Loved One with Dementia During a Challenging Situation

Protecting Seniors from Financial Abuse

A Nurse’s Role in Delivering Quality In-Home Senior Care

The Power of Exercise for Seniors with Neurological Conditions

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