Connecticut 24-Hour Care
Nurse-founded around-the-clock care - awake caregivers in rotating shifts, day and night - so someone is always alert, attentive, and there.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Twenty-four-hour care means a caregiver is awake and present in the home the entire time, working in shifts, so no one is ever expected to stay alert for days on end. This is the crucial difference from live-in arrangements, where the caregiver sleeps at night. When your loved one needs help or supervision after dark - not just during the day - awake shift coverage is the safer choice.
Care needs do not pause at bedtime. A rotating team of caregivers covers the full 24 hours, handing off to one another so the home is never unattended. Meals, mobility help, personal care, medication reminders, and a watchful presence continue seamlessly from one shift to the next.
The days right after a hospital stay are the highest-risk window for a fall or readmission. When a discharge calls for round-the-clock supervision, we move quickly - most families have full coverage in place within 24 to 48 hours. Call (475) 264-4830 and tell us the discharge date.
Around-the-clock care should not mean a parade of strangers. We staff each case with a small, consistent team so your loved one sees familiar faces across the shifts, and so every caregiver knows their routines, preferences, and history.
Families reach 24-hour care when the gaps between check-ins become dangerous: falls that happen at any hour, wandering or confusion that does not stop at night, or a medical condition that requires constant supervision. It is also the level of support that lets a couple stay together at home when one spouse can no longer safely be the other’s caregiver around the clock.
The alternative to 24-hour home care is usually a nursing facility. For many Connecticut families, continuous care at home is both what their loved one wants and, hour for hour of one-on-one attention, a fundamentally different experience than shared staffing in a facility. Staying in familiar surroundings is especially important for people with dementia, for whom a move can accelerate confusion and decline.
Private Duty Aides provides around-the-clock care in all 169 Connecticut municipalities, from Fairfield County to the Quiet Corner. Because 24-hour coverage depends on a reliable local caregiver team, we plan each case carefully to ensure dependable staffing for every shift, every day.
Every caregiver is vetted by our nurse founder for both skill and character - the people in your loved one’s home overnight are held to the same standard as those there at noon.
Our overnight caregivers stay awake and attentive through the night, ready to help with bathroom trips, repositioning, and any restlessness - not asleep on a couch until something goes wrong.
Caregivers brief one another at every changeover, so nothing about your loved one’s condition, medications, or routine gets lost between shifts.
The care plan is built and monitored with a registered nurse’s eye, and adjusted as needs change - so 24-hour care scales with your loved one instead of staying static.
What is the difference between 24-hour care and live-in care? +
With 24-hour care, caregivers work in shifts and stay awake the entire time, so someone is always alert. Live-in care assumes the caregiver sleeps at night. When your loved one needs active help or supervision overnight - for falls, wandering, or medical needs - awake 24-hour coverage is the safer arrangement.
How many caregivers are involved in 24-hour care? +
Typically a small, consistent team rotates through the day and night shifts, so no one works dangerously long hours and your loved one still sees familiar faces rather than a rotating cast of strangers.
Is 24-hour care medical, around-the-clock nursing? +
No. It is non-medical care provided continuously - supervision, personal care, mobility help, meals, and safety. We coordinate with your loved one’s medical providers but do not perform skilled nursing tasks such as wound care or injections.
How quickly can 24-hour care start in Connecticut? +
Most families have coverage in place within 24 to 48 hours of their first call. When a hospital discharge or a sudden decline is driving the timeline, call (475) 264-4830 and we will move as fast as safely possible.
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We serve Connecticut families in 174 towns across all 8 counties. Find 24-Hour Care specific to where you live:
Why families choose us
Every aide is trained and supervised through an RN’s lens — not just placed and forgotten.
Personality fit matters more than skill on paper. We match for temperament, pace, and patience.
No franchise rotation. You work with the people who run this agency — direct, accessible, accountable.
Most families are matched with a caregiver within 24 to 48 hours. When something shifts at home, we move quickly.
We build a daily structure around your parent’s rhythm — meals, walks, evenings — and protect it.
You hear from us, not just the aide. Updates on appetite, sleep, mood, mobility — the things that matter.
Every caregiver clears a multi-step screening — background check, reference checks, and an in-person interview with our RN founder — before they're ever placed in a home.
Why families trust us
Private Duty Aides is nurse-founded. Every caregiver clears a multi-step screening — a background check, reference checks, and an in-person interview with our RN founder — before they are ever placed in a home. You get the same consistent caregiver, matched by a nurse, not whoever happens to be available.
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