24-Hour Care in Portland, 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 mentioned at Thanksgiving that your mom seemed confused about the day, and you realized she’d been awake most nights, worried about falling in the dark. A neighbor’s call last week about your dad sitting on the porch at 2 a.m. made it clear you couldn’t keep managing this alone from across town. When you realized you needed someone there through the night, every night, you started looking for real around-the-clock care in Portland that actually understood what that means.
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Your sister mentioned at Thanksgiving that your mom seemed confused about the day, and you realized she’d been awake most nights, worried about falling in the dark. A neighbor’s call last week about your dad sitting on the porch at 2 a.m. made it clear you couldn’t keep managing this alone from across town. When you realized you needed someone there through the night, every night, you started looking for real around-the-clock care in Portland that actually understood what that means.
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24-Hour Care means a trained caregiver lives in your parent’s home, awake and present overnight, available immediately if your parent gets up, falls, needs medication, or becomes confused or frightened. It’s someone there during the hours when falls happen most, when confusion peaks, when a parent wanders or calls out. It’s not intermittent visits. It’s constant presence.
On any given day, you’re looking at nighttime supervision, help getting safely in and out of bed, bathroom assistance at any hour, medication reminders if your parent wakes at 3 a.m., and someone calm and steady if your parent has a difficult night. The caregiver also handles light household tasks, meal prep, and laundry during their waking hours. Your parent isn’t alone. Neither are you, lying awake wondering.
In Portland, many families call us right after discharge from Middlesex Hospital, when the medical team makes clear that overnight supervision matters. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand medication safety, recognize changes in condition, and know exactly what questions to ask your parent’s doctor. That background shapes how we screen, train, and match every caregiver in Middlesex County.
We started this work because we saw families terrified of nighttime falls and parents living in fear of being alone. Our founder’s background in nursing means every 24-Hour Care placement understands medication timing, recognizes warning signs, and knows when to call the doctor versus when to reassure.
We listen to what your parent needs and who they’re comfortable with overnight. Personality, routine, language, background, all of it matters when someone’s in your home through the night. We take time to get the match right, and we adjust if it’s not working.
If your caregiver gets sick, if your parent’s needs shift, if you have a question at midnight, you reach a real person who knows your situation. We don’t disappear once the placement starts. You have our number, and we answer.
We know Portland, we know the hospitals, we understand the discharge process at Middlesex Hospital, and we have relationships with doctors and social workers in this county. That matters when you need care fast and need someone who speaks the same language as your medical team.
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 Portland 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 is there overnight, awake and alert. They help your parent with bathroom needs whenever they arise, assist with getting in and out of bed safely, provide medication reminders if your parent wakes at an odd hour, and stay calm if your parent is confused or frightened. During the day, when you're relieving them, they might prepare meals, do laundry, tidy up, or run light errands. The core is: someone present, someone trained, someone your parent trusts.
If you call us before discharge, we can often have a caregiver in place within 24 to 48 hours. Hospital social workers know us, and we know their timeline. If discharge is sudden, we move fast. We'll match someone carefully, but we don't make families wait weeks while safety is at risk. Speed and fit both matter.
24-Hour Care is private pay. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover overnight non-medical supervision, even though families often need it most. We're transparent about cost from the first call. We can talk about what fits your budget and what trade-offs look like if you need to adjust hours or shift some tasks.
A home health aide typically visits for a few hours a few times a week and is focused on specific medical tasks ordered by a doctor. 24-Hour Care means someone living in your home, present every night, awake and available for any situation that arises. It's constant presence versus periodic help. Both have a role, and sometimes families use both.
Yes. We ask detailed questions about your parent's personality, routine, any preferences, language, dietary needs, mobility level, and what scared them most at night. We listen to what you need, too. Then we match carefully and stay in touch during the first week to make sure the fit is real. If it's not working, we adjust.
We line up backup coverage before it's needed. We have a network of trained caregivers and we prioritize reliability because we know your parent and your family are counting on consistency. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we have someone ready. You won't be scrambling.
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