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Even when you are in the room

You think the care is happening, and that it is right. You do not know.

Your person still does not look right. Or you are in that bed, and something feels off. Or you cannot get there to see.

The hospital, the nursing home, the home care — they say it is stable. Timesheet looks fine. The chart is checked off.

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You need professional eyes in the room — and a professional record in the archive.

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A licensed healthcare professional on that floor whose only job is watching out for you.

A Healthcare Bodyguard is not another nurse on the clock. They work only for you. They are calm in the room. They do not take over the care, and they do not get in its way. A record is kept of what actually happened — written by a licensed healthcare professional who isn't on their payroll.

If that already sounds like your person, that is where a Bodyguard goes.

Care at Home

You hired a nurse or aide. With a layperson’s eye, you cannot know if the care is being done right — or at all.

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In the Hospital, or Discharging

They are in that bed without you. Or you are in it, and something feels off. Or they are sending you home, or to a facility. The first 48 hours are critical.

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Nursing Home, Memory Care, or Assisted Living

The Alzheimer’s unit and the locked floor count. The chart says care was delivered. You need to know it is being delivered consistently — before the next decline.

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Or this is surgery

Surgery day. Then the landing at home.

They will be under. Then they send you home. A Bodyguard in the room, then in the house for those first hours — and a licensed record you keep.

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Or this is you

Serious illness. No nurse or aide at home.

You want us on the case, not on the clock — to periodically put things together in your interest, not in the interest of the hospital, clinic, or the insurance company. They watch out for theirs. Who is watching out for you?

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A licensed record, kept for you.

A Bodyguard’s record is a licensed record — written as it happens, by a licensed healthcare professional, only for you, not for the floor. Start while it looks perfect. That is your baseline.

If later a doctor, an agency, or counsel needs to see how it was, it is already there. You can ask for it.

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How it works

Three steps. Then there is a professional in the room who watches out for you.

Step 1

Tell us the situation

A short text, the request form, or a call. Who, where, and what has you worried. We will tell you plainly if a Bodyguard fits.

Step 2

A Bodyguard takes the room

Our licensed Bodyguard, calm and in no one’s way. They do not run the care. They watch it — only for you.

Step 3

The record is kept

What actually happened, written as it happened. It is there for you to ask for — for the doctor, the agency, or counsel, if it ever comes to that.

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Serving Chicagoland

One number. Everywhere you need us.

We provide advocacy inside hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, behavioral health units, and memory care communities across the region — Northwestern Medicine, Endeavor Health, Advocate, Edward-Elmhurst, UChicago Medicine, Loyola, Rush, and more.

West — DuPage · Kane · Kendall · DeKalb

Hospital, nursing home & memory care advocacy in Addison · Aurora · Batavia · Bartlett · Bensenville · Bloomingdale · Bolingbrook · Burr Ridge · Carol Stream · Carpentersville · Clarendon Hills · Darien · DeKalb · Downers Grove · East Dundee · Elburn · Elgin · Elmhurst · Geneva · Gilberts · Glen Ellyn · Glendale Heights · Hampshire · Hanover Park · Hinsdale · Itasca · Lemont · Lisle · Lombard · Montgomery · Naperville · North Aurora · Oak Brook · Oakbrook Terrace · Oswego · Pingree Grove · Plainfield · Romeoville · Roselle · St. Charles · Sleepy Hollow · South Elgin · Sugar Grove · Sycamore · Villa Park · Warrenville · Wayne · West Chicago · West Dundee · Westmont · Wheaton · Willowbrook · Winfield · Wood Dale · Woodridge · Yorkville

Northwest — NW Cook · McHenry

Hospital, assisted living & rehab advocacy in Algonquin · Arlington Heights · Barrington · North Barrington · Buffalo Grove · Cary · Crystal Lake · Des Plaines · Elk Grove Village · Fox Lake · Hoffman Estates · Huntley · Inverness · Island Lake · Johnsburg · Lake Barrington · Lake in the Hills · Lake Villa · Lake Zurich · Marengo · McHenry · Mount Prospect · Mundelein · Palatine · Prospect Heights · Rolling Meadows · Schaumburg · Spring Grove · Streamwood · Wheeling · Woodstock

Near West — Inner Cook

Hospital & care facility advocacy in Berkeley · Bellwood · Berwyn · Broadview · Brookfield · Countryside · Elmwood Park · Forest Park · Franklin Park · Hillside · Justice · La Grange · La Grange Park · Lyons · Maywood · Melrose Park · North Riverside · Northlake · Oak Park · River Forest · River Grove · Riverside · Schiller Park · Stone Park · Summit · Westchester · Western Springs

North — Lake County · North Shore

Senior living & hospital advocacy in Antioch · Deerfield · Deer Park · Evanston · Glencoe · Glenview · Grayslake · Gurnee · Harwood Heights · Hawthorn Woods · Highland Park · Kenilworth · Kildeer · Lake Forest · Libertyville · Lincolnshire · Lindenhurst · Long Grove · Morton Grove · Niles · Norridge · Northbrook · Northfield · Park Ridge · Riverwoods · Round Lake · Skokie · Vernon Hills · Waukegan · Wilmette · Winnetka

Chicago

Hospital & care facility advocacy in Loop · Lincoln Park · Lakeview · Bucktown · Gold Coast · Old Town · Logan Square · Lincoln Square · Wicker Park · Hyde Park · Beverly · Bridgeport · Norwood Park · Edison Park · Jefferson Park · Portage Park · West Ridge · Rogers Park · Mount Greenwood · Edgebrook

South & Southwest — South Cook · Will

Hospital, nursing home & rehab advocacy in Blue Island · Bridgeview · Chicago Heights · Chicago Ridge · Country Club Hills · Crest Hill · Crestwood · Darien · Dolton · Evergreen Park · Flossmoor · Frankfort · Glenwood · Hazel Crest · Hickory Hills · Homer Glen · Homewood · Indian Head Park · Joliet · Lemont · Lockport · Matteson · Midlothian · Mokena · New Lenox · Oak Forest · Oak Lawn · Olympia Fields · Orland Park · Palos Heights · Palos Hills · Palos Park · Park Forest · Richton Park · Shorewood · South Holland · Steger · Tinley Park · Willow Springs · Worth

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