24-Hour Care in Oxford, 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, sitting across the table at your parents’ house on Main Street. Your mom seemed confused about what day it was, and your dad fell getting up at 2 a.m. to use the bathroom, but didn’t call anyone. You realized then that you can’t keep leaving work early to check on them, and they can’t stay alone at night anymore.
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Your sister noticed it at Thanksgiving dinner, sitting across the table at your parents’ house on Main Street. Your mom seemed confused about what day it was, and your dad fell getting up at 2 a.m. to use the bathroom, but didn’t call anyone. You realized then that you can’t keep leaving work early to check on them, and they can’t stay alone at night anymore.
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24-Hour Care means a trained caregiver is in your parent’s home around the clock, awake and present overnight when most falls happen and when older adults feel most vulnerable. It’s not a nurse making periodic visits. It’s someone there, watching, helping, and staying alert so your parent never has to manage the dark hours alone.
Day to day, this looks like help with dressing, meals, medications, mobility, and toileting whenever they need it. At night, the caregiver stays awake nearby, listening for calls, staying alert to bathroom trips, and being there instantly if your parent becomes confused or falls. Families tell us the relief of knowing someone is actually present, not just on call, changes everything.
If your parent was recently discharged from Griffin Hospital or has an upcoming surgery, 24-Hour Care is often the safest bridge home. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand hospital discharge protocols, know how to spot early warning signs, and have built relationships with Griffin’s care coordinators. That foundation helps us get families started faster and with more confidence.
A nurse founded this agency because she saw families broken by a midnight fall that nobody knew about until morning. We’ve built 24-Hour Care around keeping your parent safe during the hours when falls are most likely and most dangerous. Our caregivers know how to set up rooms, recognize balance problems, and respond before something goes wrong.
We don’t just send someone available. We listen to your parent’s routine, personality, and needs, then match a caregiver who fits. We brief them fully on medications, preferences, mobility concerns, and your family’s values so they’re ready on day one, not learning as they go.
If your parent’s needs shift, if the caregiver isn’t working out, or if an emergency happens, you have a real person to call who knows your situation. We don’t disappear after placement. We’re here to adjust and support as long as you need us.
We work with Griffin Hospital regularly on discharges and understand what your parent actually needs post-procedure. We’re local to Oxford and the surrounding towns, so we move fast and we show up in person when we need to, not from hours away.
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 Oxford 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
Morning through evening, your caregiver helps with all activities of daily living, meal preparation, medication reminders, and light housekeeping. At night, they stay awake in the home, remaining alert for bathroom trips, calls, confusion, or falls. They're not sleeping in a separate room. They're present and watching so your parent feels safe and you can finally rest. This continuous presence is what makes 24-Hour Care different from any other service.
We typically start within 24 to 48 hours of hospital discharge if you call us while your parent is still at Griffin or immediately after they come home. We coordinate with the hospital's discharge team so we understand what equipment, medications, and precautions your parent needs. If it's urgent, we can sometimes begin overnight care the same day you call. The faster we start, the safer that critical post-discharge window becomes.
No. 24-Hour Care is private pay, meaning you pay for it directly. Medicare and most insurance plans cover skilled nursing visits and medical home health aides for a limited time after hospitalization, but not 24-hour residential caregiving. We can tell you what your parent might qualify for through Medicare, and we work alongside those benefits when they apply. Many families use private pay care to fill the gap where insurance stops.
A home health aide visits a few hours a week or a few hours a day on a schedule. A 24-Hour Care caregiver lives in your home and is present all day and all night, every night. The difference is the presence. With a home health aide, your parent is alone most of the time. With 24-Hour Care, someone is always there, which is critical if your parent is at risk of falls, confusion at night, or wandering.
Yes. We take time to understand your parent's personality, daily routine, medical needs, and what matters most to your family. We then match a caregiver with experience in those specific areas, and we brief them thoroughly before they arrive. We're not running a staffing pool where anyone can work anywhere. We're matching people thoughtfully so the relationship works from the start.
We maintain backup coverage so your parent's care doesn't skip a day. If a caregiver is sick or unavailable, we call you immediately with a backup plan, typically sending a familiar replacement or a caregiver we've pre-briefed for your parent's needs. We know continuity matters, so we prioritize keeping the same caregiver in place long-term. But when something happens, we move fast and you're never left scrambling.
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