24-Hour Care in Hartford, 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 mom hadn’t missed a single grandchild’s birthday in forty years, but last month she forgot your daughter’s name when you called from the car after work. You live two hours away. Hartford Hospital’s discharge planner mentioned she needed someone there at night, but you couldn’t figure out how to make it happen without moving back to Hartford. That’s when you realized 24-Hour Care wasn’t a luxury, it was the difference between your parent staying home and leaving the state you grew up in.
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Your mom hadn’t missed a single grandchild’s birthday in forty years, but last month she forgot your daughter’s name when you called from the car after work. You live two hours away. Hartford Hospital’s discharge planner mentioned she needed someone there at night, but you couldn’t figure out how to make it happen without moving back to Hartford. That’s when you realized 24-Hour Care wasn’t a luxury, it was the difference between your parent staying home and leaving the state you grew up in.
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24-Hour Care means someone is in your parent’s home around the clock, awake and present through the night. We’re talking about someone who’s there at 2 a.m. when your dad gets confused, at 6 a.m. when he needs help getting out of bed, at noon when he forgets he’s already eaten lunch, and every hour in between. It’s not a camera or a phone line, it’s a real person in the house.
Day to day, you’ll see your parent getting help with bathing, dressing, meals, and medications. Our caregivers notice things you might miss from a distance: a fall that happened in the bathroom, a medication dose that was skipped, a neighbor stopping by. They keep track and report back to you. You sleep knowing someone is there if your parent wakes up disoriented at 3 a.m. or tries to use the stove when they shouldn’t be cooking alone.
We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand what happens after you leave Hartford Hospital. We know the discharge paperwork and the real questions that come next. We’re local to Hartford County, and we’ve worked with Hartford Hospital’s care teams long enough to know what your parent needs when they come home. That experience matters when everything feels fragile.
Falls happen in the dark. Confusion peaks at midnight. We’re here because we’ve seen what happens when no one’s watching. Our founder was a nurse. We know the exact moments when families need someone on the other side of a closed door, and we staff accordingly.
You don’t get assigned whoever’s available that week. We brief every caregiver on your parent’s specific history, habits, medications, and quirks before day one. We match for compatibility first. The person staying overnight knows your parent’s routine because we built it together.
Your parent’s needs shift. A new medication causes drowsiness. A doctor’s appointment reveals something unexpected. You call us, and we adjust. We’re not a system that makes you wait for the next scheduled check-in. We’re local and reachable when Hartford families need us most.
Discharge day is confusing. We’ve helped dozens of Hartford families navigate the first week home, and we know what Hartford Hospital’s teams are looking for in a safe discharge plan. We step in and fill that gap so you’re not scrambling alone.
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 Hartford 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
A caregiver is in your parent's home twenty-four hours a day, awake overnight. They help with bathing, dressing, toileting, meals, and medications. They monitor for falls, confusion, or changes in behavior. They're there if your parent needs the bathroom at 3 a.m. or wakes up disoriented. During the day, they might prepare meals, do light housekeeping, manage appointments, or simply sit with your parent. Every caregiver we send is trained in your parent's specific needs.
We can start within forty-eight hours of discharge if you call us right away. If Hartford Hospital's social worker contacts us during your parent's stay, we can be ready on day one. We need your parent's medical history, medication list, and any special instructions, but we don't delay. Families often call us while still in the hospital, and that planning time makes a difference.
24-Hour Care is private pay. Medicare covers skilled nursing and some home health services, but round-the-clock safety care falls outside those programs. We help families understand what insurance might cover separately and what you'll pay directly. We're honest about cost upfront so there are no surprises. Many families find 24-Hour Care costs less than an assisted living community, and your parent stays home.
Home health aides typically come for a few hours a week, usually through insurance, and help with specific tasks. 24-Hour Care means someone lives in your parent's home, awake all night, present for every moment. You're getting safety and oversight twenty-four hours a day, not just coverage during business hours. The difference is enormous when your parent is confused at midnight or at risk of falling in the dark.
Yes. We don't do generic placement. We learn about your parent's personality, medical history, and what they need from a caregiver, then we match carefully. If your parent is private or quiet, we find someone who respects that. If they're social and need conversation, we find someone who fills that role. We're in Hartford, we know the community, and we take matching seriously.
We have backup coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or takes time off, we send a trained substitute who knows your parent's routine because we've coordinated it in advance. You won't wake up to a message that no one's coming. We keep your parent's safety as the priority, and that means reliable staffing. If a caregiver isn't the right fit after the first week, we swap them out.
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