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Browse the 101 home care agencies in Cereal, read 136 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services to find the best home care options near you. Families in Cereal choose home care for many reasons, including to reduce caregiver stress, curb senior loneliness, and make daily life easier for older adults. Most home care agencies in Cereal personalize their services to your needs and provide them as frequently or infrequently as needed.

Home Care Agencies near Cereal, IL

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Photo of Harvest In-HomeCare Inc. - Plainfield, IL
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When my Mom was placed into hospice care, my brother and I were unsure about who would be able to take care of her. She couldn’t be alone at home, and we couldn’t afford to have someone with her 24 hours/day...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Photo of Senior-Ally Home Care - Matteson, IL
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1 review
I love the quality of care they provide. She is very knowledgeable and the service provides very high-quality, caring caregivers. I would highly recommend this service to others based on our experience.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Home Instead has been wonderful finding a perfect home care provider for my mom. If a caregiver doesn’t fit with my mom, they are great at finding one that does. Their patient care help line is available 24...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Photo of Karen's Home Care Agency - Hillside, IL
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1 review
My wife has been critically ill. One surgery was followed by another, followed by radiation treatments, and things were in a state of flux. It was difficult to do any planning in uncertain circumstances....
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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The owner is phenomenal, if there has been an issue she has come and seen my loved one herself and made sure everything is ok. The service is worth every penney. They were on-site within 2 days of us...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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They were good, they were friendly, and we had some consistency of caregivers, so there weren't always different people coming out. The staff was knowledgable and responsive. There isn't anything we would...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Photo of Grandma Joan's Live-In Care Consulting and Recruiting
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57 reviews
I was in a real pinch to find the right care giver and "home manager" for my parents. Mom suffers from dementia and suddenly Dad, her main caregiver, had a stroke. Almost overnight, we needed immediate...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
About our Consulting and Recruiting ServicesGrandma Joan is an award-winning consulting and recruiter service that has been helping discerning families recruit, screen, and hire premium live-in caregivers since 2010.We act as the family’s private 3rd party recruiters, finding and screening the...
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4 reviews
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Photo of Ascent Home Care Inc - Naperville
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11 reviews
Our experience with Ascent Home care has been wonderful, they are so caring and compassionate. The care taker that works with our loved one is just outstanding she is truly amazing. They are so responsible...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Ascent Home Care Inc. is a home care agency built around the minds of experienced health care professionals. We provide varying degrees of home care dependent upon your loved one's needs. Our nurturing, compassionate, and skilled caregivers have been trained according to the standards mandated by...
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Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Our goal is to meet and exceed according to your expectations. if you provide us the opportunity to serve your beloved MOM and DAD, we assure you that your right decision will enable your family members to receive the best in-home care services . We have experienced and professionally trained...
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Photo of Home Helpers Home Care of Homer Glen, IL
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The one thing that I think Home Helpers could do to improve would be to give us the opportunity to interview the caregivers before they send them out. My mom has dementia, and some of the caregivers have...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Who we are: We are your Home Helpers team. We are a family operated business and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are fully licensed by the State of Illinois, and the Illinois Department of Public Health. We are correctly insured with comprehensive liability and workers compensation...
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Amazing Care is reliable and responsive. They have been able to offer us in home care for my loved one. The communication with the caregivers and office staff has been good.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
"Give your loved one the GIFT OF CARE”AMAZING CARE is licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health. We specialize in personalized in-home care services designed to address the many challenges of our clients.Our In-home care programs are geared towards providing comfort for you and your...
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2 reviews
They seemed to care about the residents in the nursing home and we would recommend them to other families based on the experience we have had so far.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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4 reviews
I would recommend to others. We picked this community because of the quick response, local resources, and good reputation. A Place for Mom was great in helping me connect with the care team we needed for my...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
3 reviews
They are wonderful, so lucky that they operate in my parents small town! Yes, we would absolutely recommend Home Instead - Champaign to other families based on the experience we have had. The owner is...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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1 review
It's been a great experience using their services so far! The only thing I don't like is the way they bill. Other than that, it's been great. We haven't had any issues with consistency or scheduling...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
1 review
They have been wonderful. I would give them a 5!for all areas above; IA problem from the onset I thought that my parents insurance would pick up some of the cost because it run my parents fixed income pretty...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
1 review
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
1 review
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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17 reviews
I like this service for care at home. The staff were able to send me someone who is reliable and very helpful. We like knowing that she helps with some of the household things that are needed to help my mom....
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
At FirstLight HomeCare, the genuine health and well-being of others is our greatest concern. We vow to provide first-class personal service for our clients so that they may enjoy warmth, independence and relaxed comfort in their own home or the setting of their choosing. We are staffed by people...
1 review
Things have gone pretty well. We don't have a consistent caregiver, it's someone different a lot of the time. The first week was a little iffy with attendance and having people show up when we needed them....
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
2 reviews
I would recommend your organization.Our decision to go with senior helpers was because the sweet girl who was helping us before use to work for senior helpers
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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1 review
They have great communication with our family when there is going to be a change with a caregiver. They work hard at trying to find a replacement. Their staff appears to be well trained.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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2 reviews
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.

Costs of home care in Cereal, IL

Average cost of home care in Cereal, IL

Home care in Cereal is typically charged at an hourly rate. Hourly rates may vary based on factors like time of day (overnight hours, for example), special weekend or holiday rates, and whether care is around the clock.
Average hourly rate
$27/hr
Average overnight rate
$32/hr
Average weekend rate
$32/hr

Home care costs vs. senior living costs in Cereal

Home care costs in Cereal increase based on the hours of care needed. Costs are typically higher for seniors who need home care at night or for most of the day — for example, while a family member is at work. For seniors who need full-time or 24/7 care, assisted living or memory care may be a more cost-effective option in the long run.
44 hours of home care/wk
$5,210/mo
$4,957/mo
To learn more about other local senior living options, view Cereal assisted living facilities or Cereal memory care facilities.

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How to pay for home care in Cereal, IL

Many families combine various payment methods to cover home care costs. Most often, families use some mixture of the following private and public income sources to pay for home care in Cereal.
Paying for home careGet an overview of all payment options for home care.
VA home care benefitsSee how VA benefits can help veterans and their spouses pay for home care.
Home care and LTC insuranceLearn how to use long-term care insurance to cover home care costs.

What families are saying about home care in Cereal

Recent reviews for home care in Cereal

Amazing Care in Lisle, IL

5.0
They were good, they were friendly, and we had some consistency of caregivers, so there weren't always different people coming out. The staff was knowledgable and responsive. There isn't anything we would have done differently or had improved. This was in home hospice so cleanliness and ...
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Home Instead - Champaign, IL

5.0
Everyone was professional and helpful I would tell others just to keep in mind that they do have a minimum requirement for hours.

FirstLight Home Care of Plainfield, IN

5.0
We were very happy with the care from this service. The staff were kind and friendly to understand the needs that we had. We were very happy with the caretaker that came to our home. We liked that she was able to help out with my mom and her personal care needs. We liked that she did not help ...
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Frequently asked questions about home care in Cereal

There are 101 home care facilities near Cereal, Illinois. See the full list.

Home care is provided by an aide who comes to a senior’s home to help with daily chores and activities of daily living. It can be offered anywhere a senior calls home — including a house, senior apartment, independent living, or assisted living. Learn more about home care.

Home care services are customizable to a senior’s unique needs. Services can include companionship, help with chores like cooking and housekeeping, or assistance with activities of daily living, like toileting and bathing. Explore home care services in more detail.

Home care provides nonmedical services for seniors who require assistance with daily tasks like housework, bathing, dressing, and transportation. In contrast, home health care is prescribed by a doctor and includes services like skilled nursing care and therapies, health monitoring, and medication administration that are provided by licensed medical professionals. Read more about home care vs. home health care.

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