24-Hour Care in Essex, CT
Around-the-clock non-medical care at home, two caregiver shifts covering full day and night.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Your sister noticed it at Thanksgiving dinner, the way your mom hesitated before standing up, how she gripped the table edge. A few weeks later, a neighbor’s call at 11 p.m. changed everything. She’d found your dad on the kitchen floor in Deep River Road, and suddenly you realized you couldn’t leave them alone anymore, not even at night. That’s when 24-Hour Care in Essex became the answer your family didn’t know how to ask for.
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Your sister noticed it at Thanksgiving dinner, the way your mom hesitated before standing up, how she gripped the table edge. A few weeks later, a neighbor’s call at 11 p.m. changed everything. She’d found your dad on the kitchen floor in Deep River Road, and suddenly you realized you couldn’t leave them alone anymore, not even at night. That’s when 24-Hour Care in Essex became the answer your family didn’t know how to ask for.
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24-Hour Care is a caregiver who stays in your home around the clock, awake and present through the night when falls happen most and worry keeps you from sleeping. It’s not medical nursing, it’s the person who watches for bathroom trips, helps with balance, keeps medications on schedule, and answers the phone at 3 a.m. if something feels wrong.
Day-to-day, your caregiver handles personal care, meal prep, light housekeeping, medication reminders, and the small moments that matter, like sitting with your parent while they eat or staying close during transfers. They’re there for the nighttime hours when your parent is most vulnerable, when a fall can happen in seconds, when confusion sets in or anxiety spikes. Families tell us it’s the first time in months they’ve slept through the night.
We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand exactly what 24-Hour Care requires: someone trained to recognize when something’s changed, someone calm under pressure, someone who knows the difference between a minor stumble and a real emergency. If your parent is being discharged from Middlesex Hospital or lives anywhere in Essex, from downtown near the library to the quieter neighborhoods near the state forests, we match carefully and we stay reachable when plans change.
Our founder was a nurse. We know what happens when a parent wakes at 2 a.m. disoriented, when a bathroom trip becomes a fall, when you’re asleep three towns away and helpless. 24-Hour Care isn’t just presence, it’s trained awareness, the caregiver who sees risks before they happen.
We don’t just send someone available. We listen to what your parent needs, their rhythms, what makes them feel safe or anxious, and we match experience to fit. A briefing happens before day one so your caregiver knows your parent’s habits, preferences, and health history.
Life changes. Medications shift. Your parent’s needs evolve. You reach us when something’s off and we listen, we advise, we adjust. You’re not alone at midnight trying to figure out what to do.
We know the discharge process at Middlesex Hospital, we know Essex neighborhoods from Chester to Old Saybrook, and we understand the rhythm of life here. We’re not a national outfit, we’re here because this is where we work and live too.
How it works
We listen to your situation. No forms, no pressure, no sales pitch.
For 24-Hour Care specifically, not just whoever is available that week.
Often same day for urgent Essex families who need 24-hour care now.
We stay in contact so you’re never left wondering how things are going.
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.
Common questions
Your caregiver arrives in the evening and stays through the next morning. They help with dinner prep and eating, personal care like bathing or dressing if needed, medication reminders, light tidying, and they're awake through the night, monitoring for bathroom trips, falls, or any sign something's wrong. During the day, meals, activity, and companionship continue based on your parent's routine. The caregiver documents changes and reports to you.
We can move fast if your parent is coming home from Middlesex Hospital or another care setting. We ask for a day or two to read discharge papers, understand any new medications or precautions, and match the right caregiver. Many families have someone in place within a week of discharge. If it's urgent, we do our best to compress that timeline.
24-Hour Care is private pay. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover round-the-clock non-medical caregiving. We're upfront about cost because we've been through these conversations ourselves. We can talk through what 24-Hour Care costs and help you think through how to afford it, whether that's family contribution, long-term care insurance, or other resources.
Home health aides come for scheduled hours, usually through a medical order for a specific number of hours per week. They're often covered by insurance if there's a medical need. 24-Hour Care is continuous presence overnight and throughout the day, private pay, focused on safety and companionship rather than nursing tasks. It's the difference between having help for a few hours and having someone there when falls happen at night.
Yes. We listen carefully to who your parent is, what they're worried about, and what matters most to them. We match based on personality, experience with similar situations, and how we think the fit will work day to day. We serve all of Essex and the neighboring towns, and we build matches around what your family actually needs, not just who's available first.
We have backup coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or can't make a shift, we work to fill that night with someone trained and known to your parent, or we reach out quickly to discuss options with you. We don't cancel 24-Hour Care without a solid plan in place because we know what happens when that safety net disappears.
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