Our experienced health care professionals make Merit your best choice for Home Health Care, Private Duty, Hospice Services, Sleep Diagnostic and Treatment services. Thanks to our strong reputation for comprehensive service coordination and specialized niche programs, Merit tops the list of home health care providers in Illinois.

Traditional Home Health Care

Home health care provides a wide range of in-home skilled services for those recovering from an illness, injury, surgery or are under a doctor's care for a medical condition. Many treatments that once could only be done in a hospital can be safely done at home. Following a hospital or skilled nursing facility stay, Merit assists with the transition home where the patient can be cared for in familiar surroundings with the support of family and friends.

• Osteoarthritis
• Hip or knee replacement
• Fractures
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Coronary artery disease
• Congestive heart failure

Specialty Niche Home Care Programs

A team of clinical experts leads each of our specialty programs:

• Adult/Pediatric - ventilator and tracheostomy private duty
• Rehabilitation home care management
  • Spinal cord, brain injury, catastrophic injuries and neuromuscular disorders
• Infusion therapy
• Custodial home care
  • Aide, companion, homemaker, and live-in services
• Retirement community management and personal care services

Hospice Services

Comfort care and treatment for individuals and their families who are facing life-limiting illnesses

• Tailored to each individual patient and family
• Care in your home, in a long-term care facility or a hospital during a short-term inpatient sta.
• Physicians, nurses and nursing assistants are on-staff
• Social workers, Chaplains, Volunteers, Physical Therapists, Dieticians and others are available to provide counseling, companionship, spiritual care and any other special needs

Sleep Disorder Diagnostic and DME Treatment Services

• Centers for Sleep Health
  • Sleep Studies
  • Titrations
  • Split Night Studies
  • MSLT
• CPAP and BiLevel DME treatment (Accredited by JCAHO)

Merit Professional Healthcare Team:

• Skilled nurses
• Physical, occupational, respiratory,
  and speech therapists
• Polysomnographers
• Medical social workers
• Home health aides
• Companion/live-in
• Physicians boarded in sleep medicine
• Sleep technicians
• Respiratory care specialists
• Experienced intake and referral coordinators

Notice of Nondiscrimination
Merit does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activities, or in employment.

For top quality Health Care, Merit is the right choice.

For referrals and information, please call 888 - 637- 4848