Companion Care in Litchfield, 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 parent’s house on Wolcott Road last Sunday and found the TV on, the curtains still drawn at noon, and a bowl of cereal that had been there since morning. Nothing was wrong, exactly. And that’s what made it hard to explain to anyone. They don’t need a nurse. They need a person, a regular face, someone who shows up and actually stays a while.
That’s what companion care is. It’s the kind of help that’s easy to underestimate until you realize how much the absence of it is costing your parent, quietly, day after day. We work with families all across Litchfield, and we hear the same thing: “I just need someone to be there with them.”
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving Litchfield County. Call us and we’ll talk through what your parent actually needs, no forms, no pressure.
Companion care sits in a specific space: it’s for the parent who is still themselves, still capable, but who is spending too much time alone. A companion aide visits on a regular schedule, shares meals, goes on errands, plays cards, listens, and keeps the day from feeling empty. It’s not supervision. It’s presence, and presence changes things more than most people expect.
Day to day, this can look like a lot of different things depending on your parent’s routine. Light help around the house, reminders about medications (though we don’t administer them), driving to appointments, picking up groceries in Litchfield, or just sitting and talking through the afternoon. Families in all areas of Litchfield call us most often after a hospital stay, when their parent comes home from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital and the house suddenly feels too quiet and too risky to leave unattended for long stretches.
Because we’re nurse-founded, we understand the line between companion care and medical care, and we never blur it. That clarity protects your parent and makes sure the right kind of help is always in place.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand how families dealing with a parent’s isolation and loneliness were falling through the gaps. She built this service around what those families actually needed, not what was easiest to offer.
Built for companion care specifically
We don’t treat companion care as a lesser service. Our caregivers are briefed on your parent’s personality, preferences, and history before their first visit. That preparation shows up in how quickly a real connection forms.
We stay reachable
When something changes, whether your parent’s mood has shifted, the schedule needs adjusting, or you just have a question, you call us and someone actually answers. You’re not passed to a voicemail queue.
Local to Litchfield
We know Litchfield County. We know how Charlotte Hungerford Hospital discharges work, how far the towns are from each other, and what families here are navigating. That local familiarity matters when you’re trying to put care in place quickly.
How it works
We listen to your situation first. No intake forms, no hold music, no pressure to commit. Just a real conversation about what’s going on with your parent and what you’re hoping for.
For companion care specifically, the match matters more than almost anything else. We think about personality, shared interests, communication style, and your parent’s daily rhythm before we suggest anyone.
Often sooner. If your parent just got home from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital and you need someone there quickly, tell us that. We handle urgent situations for Litchfield families regularly.
We stay in contact after care begins. If something shifts, if your parent’s needs change or the current schedule stops working, you call us and we sort it out with you.
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 visit looks different for every person, which is part of the point. It might include making and sharing a meal, going for a walk around town, running an errand, watching a game together, or just having a long conversation over coffee. The aide also pays attention to how your parent is doing, noticing changes in mood, appetite, or energy that family members who aren't there every day might miss. It's attentive company, not a checklist.
We can often have care in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and sometimes same day if the situation is urgent. Discharge from Charlotte Hungerford is actually one of the most common reasons Litchfield families contact us, because the gap between leaving the hospital and having a support system in place can feel very sudden. Call us as soon as you know a discharge is coming and we'll get ahead of it together.
Medicare does not cover non-medical companion care, and most standard health insurance plans don't either. Long-term care insurance policies sometimes include companion care benefits, so it's worth reviewing your parent's policy if they have one. We're a private-pay agency, which means families pay directly. We're upfront about costs from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide provides hands-on personal care, things like bathing, dressing, and help with physical tasks. Companion care is focused on company, engagement, light household help, and keeping your parent connected to their day. Many people need one or the other, and some need both. Because we're nurse-founded, we can help you think through which service actually fits your parent's current situation.
Yes, and for companion care we take the match more seriously than almost anything else. We ask about your parent's background, interests, sense of humor, what they find annoying, what they respond to. A companion who doesn't click with your parent isn't really helping. If the first match doesn't feel right after a visit or two, we talk about it and make a change.
We cover the visit. We don't leave families without care because of a scheduling gap on our end. When a regular caregiver is out, we arrange a substitute who has been briefed on your parent beforehand, not someone who shows up cold without context. You'll always hear from us before any change happens so you're not caught off guard.
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Private Duty Aides — Litchfield, CT
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