Expert guides about caregiving in Illinois from Brevy Care.
Illinois's Home Services Program (HSP) pays a Personal Assistant $20.00 an hour, $20.75 from January 1, 2027, for personal care and household help for someone under 60 with a severe disability.
For Illinois families caring for a parent 60 or older, the Illinois Community Care Program lets a provider agency hire and pay a family caregiver, such as an adult child, as the home care aide.
Can you get paid to care for your spouse in Illinois?
When a parent in Illinois stops driving, the hard part isn't finding a ride; it's that Illinois has no single senior-transportation program.
Dementia care in Illinois rests largely on families: the Alzheimer's Association reports about 251,000 Illinois residents age 65 and older living with Alzheimer's as of 2020.
Illinois can pay a family caregiver through two state programs most families never hear about, and one of them can pay a spouse.
Illinois family caregivers can find respite care through the Community Care Program's adult day service and the state's 13 Area Agencies on Aging. Knowing where to ask is most of the work.
Families in Illinois can become paid family caregivers for a parent, spouse or other relative through Medicaid home-care programs and, for veterans, VA family caregiver programs.