Household Support That Keeps You Home Longer

Candid Amour Home Care Agency provides homemaker services for families in Forest Park

When keeping up with household tasks becomes overwhelming in Forest Park, homemaker services give you support with the daily routines that make your home safe, clean, and comfortable. Candid Amour Home Care Agency sends caregivers who help with light housekeeping and meal preparation so you can focus on what matters without worrying about laundry piling up, dishes sitting in the sink, or running out of prepared food. Your caregiver follows a plan built around your routines and preferences to reduce physical burden and create predictable support.

This is not hands-on personal care. It is instrumental daily support designed for people who can manage their own hygiene and mobility but struggle with household tasks that require standing, bending, or organizing. Your caregiver handles the cleaning, cooking, and light organizing that keeps your home functional without taking over your space. This service is often paired with personal care for clients who need both household and hands-on support, but it can also be provided on its own.

If you or someone you care for in Forest Park needs consistent help maintaining a stable home environment, contact us to talk through your situation and start a care plan.

What Your Caregiver Handles Each Visit

Your caregiver arrives on a schedule that fits your routine and completes the household tasks listed in your care plan. In Forest Park, that typically includes tidying common areas, washing dishes, doing laundry, wiping down surfaces, and preparing simple meals you can eat throughout the day. Your caregiver will also help with light organizing so you can find what you need without digging through clutter or risking a fall.

After care begins, you will notice cleaner floors, fresh linens, stocked meals in the refrigerator, and less stress about keeping up with daily chores. Your family will spend less time managing household tasks from a distance and more time visiting without feeling like they need to clean or cook every time they stop by. Your home stays predictable and safe without requiring you to push beyond what your body can handle or rely entirely on family members who have their own responsibilities.

This service does not include personal care tasks such as bathing or dressing, and it does not cover skilled nursing tasks such as medication management or wound care. It is household support only, focused on the instrumental tasks that keep your home running smoothly. Your care plan will specify which tasks your caregiver provides and how often visits occur. If your needs change, the plan can be updated to reflect what you actually require rather than what was assumed at the start.

People often want to know what homemaker services include, how often caregivers visit, and whether this type of support can be combined with personal care. These are the questions we hear most before care begins.

Questions we hear before services start

Your caregiver handles light housekeeping such as tidying, laundry, dishes, and surface cleaning, plus meal preparation to reduce your physical burden. All tasks are listed in your care plan.
What tasks do homemaker services include?
Visit frequency depends on your care plan and can range from once or twice per week to daily visits. The schedule is based on how much help you need to keep your home functional and safe.
How often will my caregiver visit?
Homemaker services focus on household tasks only. If you need help with bathing, dressing, or grooming, we can add personal care assistance to your plan so both types of support are covered.
Can my caregiver help with personal care tasks?
We assign the same caregiver whenever possible so they learn your home layout, preferences, and routines. Consistency helps your caregiver work efficiently and notice small changes in your living situation.
Will I have the same caregiver each time?
Your care plan can be updated if your needs change. Let your caregiver or care coordinator know, and we will adjust the plan to reflect what you actually require.
What if I need help with something not in my care plan?

Candid Amour Home Care Agency works with families in Forest Park who need reliable household support to stay at home longer with less stress on family caregivers. If you are ready to set up a care plan or have questions about what homemaker services include, learn more by reaching out and we will walk you through the process.

Our Services

Our services here at Candid Amour Home Care Agency LLC consist of a variety of options that are geared towards making each client feel as much comfort as possible. Here are some of the services and treatments we offer here at Candid Amour Home Care Agency LLC.

  • Skilled Nursing Care

    Skilled nursing services are provided by specially trained registered nurses and licensed practical nurses that begin all cases with an assessment to obtain information to establish a plan of care. The services are prescribed by a doctor on an intermittent basis and include such things as dressing changes, teaching and administration of medications, intravenous therapy, catheter care, diabetic care, wound care, and teaching the family how to care for the patient in the home.

  • Home Health Aide Services

    Home health aides work under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist. Services primarily consist of assistance with personal care. A home health aide may give a bath, give oral care, foot care, shampoo, shave, skin care, and change linens. Under Medicare, a home health aide may stay in the home part-time or intermittently to provide personal care only.

  • Wound Care

    Wound care refers to specific types of treatment for pressure sores, skin ulcers and other wounds that break the skin. Wound care education will be provided to each patient/caregiver. All education on wound care will include, but not be limited to:


    • Goals for wound care
    • Self-wound care 
    • Dressings to be utilized in wound care
    • Symptoms to report to your nurse or physician 
    • Risk factors for pressure ulcers and types of wounds 
    • Proper skin care and how to prevent injury
    • Nutrition and wounds 
    • Medications for wound healing 
    • Fluid intake 
    • Medication safety 
    • Pain management

  • Social Services

    The social services staff provides social casework services to patients as needed to augment other services of the agency. Services include the evaluation of social functioning, particularly as it relates to medical problems, and initiation and follow-up of referrals to other community resources as applicable.

  • Infusion Therapy

    Infusion Therapy services can include pain management, chemotherapy, hydration therapy, and antibiotic therapy. Infusion therapy is provided to patients for treating a wide assortment of often chronic and sometimes rare diseases for which “specialty” infusion medications are effective.

  • PCA

    Personal Care services includes the provision of services such as assist with personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation.

  • Homemaker

    Homemaker services include assistance with instrumental activities of daily living and may include housekeeping tasks, grocery shopping and other errands, and meal preparation.

  • Companion Services

    Companion services include transportation, meal preparation, shopping, light housekeeping, companionship and household management.