Companion Care in Andover, CT
Non-medical companionship, conversation, and daily activity support for seniors living at home.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Your mom mentioned at dinner she’d been sitting on the porch less, and your sister texted later that she seemed quieter than usual. A week after she came home from Manchester Memorial Hospital, you realized the silence was different, heavier. That’s when you understood she needed more than medical care. She needed someone to be there, to talk to, to help her feel like part of things again.
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Your mom mentioned at dinner she’d been sitting on the porch less, and your sister texted later that she seemed quieter than usual. A week after she came home from Manchester Memorial Hospital, you realized the silence was different, heavier. That’s when you understood she needed more than medical care. She needed someone to be there, to talk to, to help her feel like part of things again.
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Companion Care is time with another person who listens, encourages activity, and helps with tasks that don’t require nursing skills. Your parent gets a caregiver who shows up, sits with them, reminds them to eat, helps with light tidying, runs errands, takes walks together, or just talks through the day. It’s about presence, not procedures.
On a typical day, a companion might help your parent get ready, prepare a meal together, do a few light household tasks, take a walk around the neighborhood or to an appointment, and keep them company during afternoons when isolation tends to creep in. You’ll see your parent more engaged, more likely to answer the phone, more willing to get out of the house. The weight of sitting alone lifts.
After discharge from Manchester Memorial Hospital, many Andover families find their parents struggle not with medical recovery but with the quiet that follows. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand what your parent actually needs once the hospital sends them home, not just what insurance covers. We know the difference between being physically okay and feeling connected to life again.
A nurse founded this agency because she saw parents at home, stable medically, but slowly withdrawing from everything they cared about. We don’t treat loneliness like it’s a symptom to tolerate. We treat it like what it is: something that matters.
We don’t send a stranger and hope for the best. We listen to what your parent is actually like, what they enjoy, what their rhythm is, and we match them with a caregiver who fits. Then we stay involved, not distant.
If your parent’s needs shift or a caregiver doesn’t feel right, you don’t wait in a phone queue. You call us, talk to someone who knows the situation, and we adjust. That’s how it works.
We’re local to Andover and the towns around it. We work with Manchester Memorial Hospital on discharge planning. We know the community, the neighborhoods, the rhythm of how families here actually live.
How it works
We listen to your situation. No forms, no pressure, no sales pitch.
For Companion Care specifically, not just whoever is available that week.
Often same day for urgent Andover families who need companion 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 companion might help your parent get showered and dressed, prepare breakfast or lunch together, do light housekeeping like tidying the kitchen or watering plants, take a walk through the neighborhood, keep them company during the afternoon, help organize medications or paperwork, run a quick errand, and just talk through the day. It's flexible. Some days it's mostly listening. Other days it's more activity. We adjust to what your parent needs that week.
We can often start within a few days of discharge, sometimes even sooner if you contact us before your parent leaves the hospital. We work directly with the discharge planners at Manchester Memorial so there's no gap where your parent is home alone while you're scrambling to find help. If you're reading this right after a hospitalization, call us today and we'll move fast.
Companion Care is private pay, meaning your family covers the cost directly. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover it because it's not skilled nursing or therapy. That said, many families find it's one of the most meaningful investments they can make for their parent's wellbeing. We're honest about cost upfront and work with you on scheduling.
A home health aide provides personal care services, like bathing or dressing, and is typically ordered by a doctor after hospitalization or illness. They're trained for hands-on physical care. A companion caregiver focuses on emotional presence, light help around the house, and keeping your parent engaged and connected. If your parent needs both, we can coordinate with home health. If they mostly need someone to be there, Companion Care is the right fit.
Yes. We ask you detailed questions about your parent, their interests, their personality, their schedule, and what matters most to them. Then we match them with a caregiver who actually fits, not just whoever is available. We've found that a good match changes everything. Your parent relaxes. The caregiver enjoys showing up. It works.
We have backup coverage. If your parent's regular companion is sick or unavailable, we send someone else we've vetted and briefed, not a complete stranger from a pool. We know this matters to your parent and to you. If there's ever a situation where we can't cover a shift, we tell you immediately, not at the last minute.
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