Hospice Support Care in Bolton, CT
Non-medical hospice support — homemaker-companion services that complement hospice nursing during a parent's final months at home.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
You were sitting at the kitchen table on Notch Road after the hospice nurse left, and the house went quiet in a way that felt impossible to sit inside. The nurse had explained what the next few weeks might look like, but the hours between her visits stretched out long and uncertain. You needed someone present, someone calm, someone who could simply be there so you didn’t have to carry every single moment alone. That’s the call we get from Bolton families, and we understand it completely.
Hospice Support Care means a trained aide is present in the home to help with physical comfort and to keep your person company during a time when being alone feels wrong. We help with repositioning, light personal care, oral hygiene, and whatever small comforts matter most, whether that’s a warm blanket, a familiar radio station, or just a hand held in the afternoon quiet. We don’t replace the hospice nurse. We fill the long hours between clinical visits so that someone with training and steadiness is always there.
Families in Bolton often reach out to us after a discharge from Manchester Memorial Hospital, when the transition home happens faster than expected and the hospice schedule hasn’t fully settled in. In those first days, there’s a lot of coordination happening at once, and having a consistent aide in the home means one less thing to manage. We handle the day-to-day presence so the hospice team can focus on clinical care and your family can focus on being present with each other.
Because Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, our aides understand how to work alongside a hospice clinical team without overstepping or creating confusion. That matters in this specific service more than almost any other, because the rhythm of communication between an aide and a hospice nurse can directly affect the comfort of the person in your care.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
Our agency was started by a working nurse who understood firsthand what families navigating end-of-life care at home actually need. The training we give our aides reflects that. Clinical awareness, calm under pressure, knowing when to call the hospice team.
Built around this specific service
Hospice support isn’t just companionship with a different name. We brief each aide on the hospice plan before care begins, match for experience with end-of-life situations, and don’t send someone who isn’t ready for this kind of work.
We pick up when you call
When something shifts overnight, or a question comes up on a Sunday, you need someone who answers. We stay reachable because hospice care doesn’t work on a nine-to-five schedule, and neither do we.
We know Bolton and Tolland County
We know the discharge process at Manchester Memorial Hospital, the roads through Tolland County, and what it means to serve a small, tight-knit community where word of mouth matters. We’re not a franchise. We’re people who care about getting it right here.
How it works
You tell us what’s happening. No intake forms, no pressure, no sales process. We listen to your situation and ask the questions that actually matter for this kind of care.
For hospice support, we match based on temperament, experience with end-of-life care, and fit with your family’s pace. Availability matters, but it’s never the only thing we consider.
We move quickly when time is short. For urgent situations in Bolton, we can often arrange care the same day you call. We don’t make you wait when waiting isn’t an option.
You’re not handed off and forgotten. We check in regularly so you know how things are going, and if something changes, we’re reachable. You’ll always know who to call.
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 day of hospice support looks different depending on where someone is in their journey, but it usually includes help with personal hygiene and comfort positioning, light housekeeping to keep the environment calm, and just being present so the person isn't alone. Our aides sit with them, talk with them if they want conversation, and stay quietly nearby when they don't. If the hospice nurse has left specific instructions about monitoring or comfort routines, our aide follows those closely and communicates anything notable back to your family.
We can typically have care in place within 48 hours of your first call, and for families in urgent situations, same-day starts happen regularly. When someone comes home from Manchester Memorial Hospital and the clock is moving fast, we don't make you wait through a long intake process. You call, we talk, and we get moving. Having the hospice team's contact information and care plan ready when you call us helps speed things up a bit.
Our services are private pay, which means we're not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. The hospice benefit through Medicare does cover nursing and some aide hours through the hospice agency itself, but those hours are often limited and don't always cover the full time families need. Many families use Private Duty Aides to fill the gaps between what the hospice team provides and what's actually needed day to day. We're transparent about cost from the start so you know exactly what you're looking at.
A home health aide typically works under a physician's care plan with a clinical goal, like recovering from a surgery or managing a wound. Hospice Support Care is focused on comfort, presence, and dignity rather than rehabilitation or treatment. Our aides are there to make the time as peaceful and supported as possible, working alongside the hospice clinical team rather than replacing them. The emotional weight of this role is different from typical home health work, and we select and match aides specifically for it.
Yes, and for hospice support this matters more than almost any other service. We take time during the initial call to understand your parent's personality, what puts them at ease, whether they're talkative or prefer quiet, what their daily rhythms look like. We then match based on that, not just who's available in Bolton that week. If the first match doesn't feel right, you tell us and we find someone who fits better. Getting this right isn't optional.
We don't leave you without coverage. If your regular aide is sick or unavailable, we contact you promptly and arrange a substitute who we've briefed on your family's situation. In hospice support, continuity matters deeply, so we keep notes and communicate carefully when a fill-in is needed. We also make sure you always have a direct number to reach us, so if something unexpected comes up on a weekend or overnight, you're not calling into a voicemail.
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