Home Care Support for Developmental Disabilities

Ace Human Services provides In-Home Care & Support for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities in Chicago and the Northern Suburbs

Ace Human Services, a division of Homewatch CareGivers Northshore, assists children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Chicago, Northbrook, Highland Park, Glenview, Deerfield, Lake County IL and the North Shore Suburbs to attain and maintain their maximum level of independence. We provide support with intellectual, emotional, social and physical functioning in the individual’s natural home and community.

Developmental Disabilities

Trusted and Licensed Provider

We provide support with intellectual, emotional, social and physical functioning in the individual’s natural home and community.

Trusted service provider by the Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities.
Ace Human Services works with the Illinois Department of Human Services to provide Home-based Services and Personal Support.
Licensed with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) as a Home Services Provider.

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The Ace Human Services Difference

We are Chicago and the North Shore’s trusted resource for families and medical professionals.
You can trust our reliable and exceedingly well-trained Service Facilitators and Direct Support Person (DSP) to provide experienced, compassionate care.
Our Service Facilitators can monitor and update care plans, guiding and directing our DSPs who execute and deliver the customized plan of care.
Our sophisticated remote electronic tracking system monitors and tracks our service facilitators and caregivers.
We have a well-defined Quality Assurance program designed to ensure the proper connection and chemistry between client and caregiver.
Our goal is to supply help and relief to committed family caregivers, providing a well-earned respite time that is often necessary to “recharge” their batteries.

For more information regarding quality home care for children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, contact Ace Human Services at

Telephone: (847) 513-9555
Fax: (847) 480-5720
info@acehumanservices.com
www.AceHumanServices.com

Direct Support Person

Direct Support Personnel Implements Personalized Care Plans

Our Direct Support Personnel (DSPs) support children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities to increase their personal self-determination and improve their own independence. Our DSPs provide the following assistance:

Consistency in personal care routines.
Teaching the individual to acquire new skills and refine existing ones in the area of personal care tasks, activities of daily living, communication, decision-making, advocacy and socialization.
Exploration of an individual’s strengths with a focus on developing techniques that help the individual in achieving their goals.
Transportation to doctor’s appointments, pick up prescriptions and groceries, shopping, visiting family and friends and pursuing recreational and community inclusion activities.

Service Facilitators

Customized Care Plans Designed to Fulfill Our Clients Unique Needs

Service plans are important tools for assisting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, helping them achieve their true potential. Service Facilitators create plans for adaptive behavior that are based on the communication, learning style and skill level that are age-appropriate. Our Service Facilitators monitor and update care plans, guiding our Direct Support Personnel who deliver customized plans of care. Service plans include:

Community inclusion activities
Handling money and education
Housekeeping activities
Leisure and recreation
Meal planning, preparation and feeding
Personal grooming needs
Travel and socializing
Work life and planning

Funding Sources

Funding Sources for Developmental Disabilities Home Care

Illinois Department of Human Services – Division of Disabilities (DDD) Funding – Options for Home-Based Service Programs: Grants are provided to eligible individuals on a monthly basis. These grants enable those with intellectually or developmental disabilities the opportunity of staying at home with family.

Private Funds: Services can be obtained through the use of the family or individual funds or through a special needs trust. We assist clients with receiving all available funding.

Your Trusted Source for Developmental Disabilities Home Care & Support

Homewatch CareGivers offers In-Home Care & Support for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities throughout Chicago and the North Shore suburbs including both Cook County and Lake County. We provide our home care, senior care and dementia care services to residents of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Chicago, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Fort Sheridan, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lake Forest, Morton Grove, Niles, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Libertyville, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka.

As part of the Homewatch CareGivers nationwide family, we are backed with the resources of one of America’s largest and most trusted home care service organizations.

“Please pass on our happiness with our caregiver, Eloina. She is thoughtful, warm and friendly, helpful, prompt and kind. She’s always willing to help and just a delight. We leave town for the winter and sure hope you can get her back here again when we return.”

Fran and Mel G
“You are a very good agency. Pleased with your continued interest in our loved ones. Our caregiver is most Creative. Takes my husband to different places. Weather permitting, parks, Botanical gardens, Garfield Park conservatory planetarium, etc. on some cold rainy days to the malls to just walk.

J. G. and Family
I am writing you today to tell you how pleased I am with the care my mother is getting from her caregivers Annette and Shirley…I have found them to be conscientious, helpful, and consistent in their work…They both have shown initiative, and have gone above and beyond in caring for my mother…I appreciate all the work everyone at Homewatch has had to go through to get this team in place.

Dave S.
Thank you for your kindness. People like you make the world a nicer place in which to live.

Lenore
Your generosity made a tremendous difference in the quality of our sister’s final months. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Betty, Kathy and Dan
I wanted to say thank you for the wonderful care and support your team showed to my parents, especially Altan, Suzanne and Betty. The attention they paid towards them and our family was such a comfort. We knew that they were in safe and experience hands. While our time with your your group was shor,t I know my parents and our family benefited from all of you. – Best wishes

Barbara C.
Thanks to your entire staff for the care John received over the past 15 months. The caregivers were all attentive, caring, professional, knowledgeable and above all kind

Lynn H.
I wanted to thank you again for your help and kindness during my family’s time of need. My dad’s life is a little more comfortable being able to remain in his house. You really are a friend. I am very grateful.

Wayne N.
I am a veteran of World War II, being most fortunate to have Kent O’Grady fill my needs of a caregiver. He is reliable and responsible. Thank you for your cooperation in for the excellent assistance of Kent.

David K.
“Tamika has been a care-giver for my mother, Yolanda, since 2011…she truly knows the meaning of care-giving, and my mother, my brother, myself and my daughters all consider Tamika to be a gift in our lives. We deeply appreciate her care-giving for Yolanda.”

Christine I.
“I wanted to say thank you for the wonderful care and support your team showed to my parents…we knew they were in safe and experienced hands.”

Barbara C.
“Many thanks for the wonderful services you provided to my mother…I really commend Homewatch on the quality of service, the caring attitude of those I worked with.”

Lucile K.