Companion Care in Kent, 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.
You drove out to your parents’ house on Route 7 last Sunday and found the TV on, lunch untouched, and your mom sitting at the kitchen table staring at the same crossword she’d started three days ago. She said she was fine. She always says she’s fine. But you drove home with that knot in your chest that doesn’t go away, because you live forty minutes out and you can’t be there every day.
Companion care is what we do for families in exactly that spot. It’s not medical, it’s not complicated, and it doesn’t require a crisis to start. It’s regular company, a warm presence, someone who shows up, notices things, and makes the day feel less long.
We’re a nurse-founded, private-pay agency serving Kent and the rest of Litchfield County. When you call us, you talk to a real person, not a form.
Companion care means a caregiver comes to your parent’s home on a regular schedule and spends real, engaged time with them. That might be morning coffee and conversation, a walk if the weather cooperates, help with a grocery list, or just sitting nearby while your parent reads. It’s presence with intention, and it matters more than most families expect until they see what difference it makes.
Day to day, companion care can include light meal preparation, medication reminders (not administration), help with errands, transportation to appointments, and general light housekeeping. For families in Kent, we often hear about parents who are managing physically but have stopped leaving the house, stopped cooking real meals, or stopped calling anyone. Those are the quiet signs that isolation is setting in, and companion care addresses all of them without turning your parent’s home into a care facility.
We work with a number of families whose parents come home from Sharon Hospital after a procedure or short stay, and companion care fits that transition well. It fills the gap between the discharge paperwork and full independence, and it keeps someone in the picture so small problems don’t turn into big ones.
Because we’re nurse-founded, our caregivers are briefed on what to watch for beyond just the task list. That clinical grounding means if something seems off, we notice it, and we tell you.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families dealing with isolation and loneliness actually needed, and what most agencies were missing. That perspective shapes everything about how we run care.
Built around companion care specifically
We don’t treat companion care as a lesser service. We brief caregivers on each client’s history and personality before they ever walk through the door, and we choose people who are genuinely good at connection, not just task completion.
We stay reachable
When something shifts, when your parent isn’t quite right or the caregiver has a conflict, you call us and we pick up. You won’t be navigating a call center or waiting on a callback from someone who doesn’t know your family.
We know Kent and Litchfield County
We know how the discharge process works at Sharon Hospital, we know what rural isolation looks like in towns like Kent, and we know the particular challenges of coordinating care when family members are spread across a wide area.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on, in your own words, at whatever pace feels right. No intake forms, no pressure, no sales pitch. We just listen and ask the questions that help us understand what your parent actually needs.
For companion care especially, the match matters. We think about personality, communication style, shared interests, and your parent’s comfort level with new people. Availability is the last thing we look at, not the first.
Most Kent families are up and running within two days of first contact. If the situation is urgent, post-discharge from Sharon Hospital for example, we work to arrange same-day or next-morning coverage.
We don’t disappear after the first shift. We check in with you regularly, and we make it easy to reach us when something changes. You shouldn’t have to wonder 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 typical companion care visit looks different depending on the person, but it usually involves some combination of conversation, shared activity, light meal prep, help keeping track of medications, and help around the house. Some clients want to take a slow walk and talk about their garden; others want company while they do their own thing. We figure out what your parent's day actually looks like and build the visit around that, not around a generic checklist.
In most cases, we can have someone in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call. If you know a discharge is coming, call us a day or two ahead and we'll have everything arranged before your parent gets home. Same-day starts are possible for urgent situations, though a brief conversation first always helps us make the right match rather than just sending whoever's available.
Medicare does not cover non-medical companion care, and most standard health insurance plans don't either. Long-term care insurance policies sometimes include a companion care benefit, so it's worth reviewing your parent's policy if they have one. We're a private-pay agency, which means families pay out of pocket, and we're transparent about our rates from the very first conversation.
A home health aide provides hands-on personal care, things like help with bathing, dressing, and mobility. Companion care focuses on presence, engagement, and light practical help rather than physical assistance. The two often work alongside each other as needs grow, but companion care is the right starting point for parents who are physically independent but socially isolated or in need of light daily support.
Yes, and for companion care we take the match more seriously than almost anything else. A caregiver who's technically capable but a poor conversational fit won't help your parent feel less alone. We ask real questions about your parent's personality, interests, communication style, and daily rhythm before we suggest anyone. If the first match isn't right, we adjust without making it awkward.
We call you before you have to wonder. When a regular caregiver has a conflict, we work to find a familiar substitute or someone we've already briefed on your parent's preferences. We don't leave a gap and hope it works out. Continuity matters in companion care, so we work hard to minimize disruptions and keep you informed every step of the way.
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Private Duty Aides — Kent, CT
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