Welcome to the Open Arms Education Center!

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.

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.

Take the online assessment

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.

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.