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What good resources are there for friends in Palatine, IL? Husband home from hospital with dementia issues. The wife overwhelmed with his care needs.

I see that in Palatine the local Area Agency on Aging is an organization called Age Options:

https://www.ageoptions.org/

Their phone number is (708) 383-0258.
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You as a friend can call Area Agency on Aging and the local Senior Services where your friend lives to find what kind of help may be available to her.
And if your friends husband is a veteran, she/you can call the VA to see what if any options are available for her husband.
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I’m assuming you’re the friends. It depends how much you’re willing to do, horizontally and vertically, in terms of what you offer in support. That part is up to you. Her part is to find people to take care of him if she cannot. If you want your friendship, it shouldn’t be you providing the care, though you can help her set up the care.com account and sit in on her interviews, or go with them to assisted living places. Thats what I mean by vertical support, as opposed to lending an ear, which is horizontal support.
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