Hospice Support Care in Burlington, 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.
The hospice nurse finished her visit, pulled out of the long driveway on Spielman Highway, and suddenly you were alone in the house again, not sure what to do with the next few hours. You wanted to be present, really present, but the worry about what might happen while you stepped away kept pulling at you. That feeling, of needing another pair of steady, experienced hands in the room, is exactly why families in Burlington call us. We’re here to hold space alongside you and your hospice team so no one has to do this alone.
Hospice support care means we work alongside the hospice team your family already has in place. We’re not replacing nurses or medical staff. We’re there for the hours between clinical visits, sitting with your parent, keeping them comfortable, reading to them, handling light tasks in the home, and making sure someone attentive is present so family members can rest, eat, or simply breathe.
Day to day, that can look like morning hygiene assistance, help with positioning or light mobility support, meal preparation, gentle conversation, or just a calm and steady presence in the room. For Burlington families whose relatives have recently been discharged from Bristol Hospital into home hospice, the transition home can feel abrupt. We help bridge that gap, showing up consistently so the home feels settled, not scrambled.
Every family uses this service a little differently. Some need coverage overnight so adult children can sleep. Others need a few hours each afternoon so a spouse can handle errands without guilt. We work around whatever rhythm your household has developed, and we follow any care instructions the hospice agency has given you, including comfort protocols and personal preferences. We treat what your family already knows as the starting point, not something we arrive and override.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that background matters here more than in almost any other service we offer. Our founder understood that end-of-life care at home requires a particular kind of awareness, patience, and clinical literacy, so the way we train, screen, and match caregivers for hospice support reflects that standard directly.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
Our founder was a working nurse who watched families navigate end-of-life care at home and saw firsthand where support fell short. That experience is baked into how we train our caregivers, what we ask during matching, and how we respond when things get hard.
Built specifically for hospice support
We brief every caregiver on your family’s situation before their first visit. We share the hospice team’s care instructions, your family member’s preferences, and any comfort protocols in place. Showing up informed is something we consider non-negotiable for this service.
We stay reachable when things change
Hospice situations shift, sometimes quickly. When they do, you need to reach someone who already knows your family. We keep communication direct and responsive so you’re not explaining yourself from scratch to a stranger when it matters most.
Local to Burlington and Hartford County
We know the discharge process at Bristol Hospital and how Hartford County hospice agencies typically hand off care. Burlington families don’t have to teach us the geography or navigate delays because we’re already familiar with how care transitions work in this area.
How it works
You reach out, we pick up. Tell us what’s happening, what your hospice team has set up, and what you need covered. No intake forms to fill out first, no pressure to commit on the call. We just want to understand your situation clearly.
Hospice support is not a general assignment. We look at your family member’s comfort needs, personality, communication style, and any guidance from the hospice team before we suggest someone. The match matters enormously here, and we take it seriously.
For Burlington families dealing with an urgent transition, we work quickly. Many families have a caregiver in place the same day they call. We know time is not something you have a lot of right now.
We stay in contact throughout. If something shifts, if needs change, if you want to adjust hours or the caregiver isn’t the right fit, you call us and we handle it. You won’t be chasing someone down to make a simple change.
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
On a typical visit, your caregiver helps with personal comfort, including repositioning, light hygiene, and making sure your family member has what they need physically and emotionally. They'll prepare light meals or snacks, keep the immediate environment calm and tidy, and sit with your family member so they're not alone. If the hospice nurse has left specific comfort instructions, we follow them. The goal is steady, unhurried presence during hours when clinical staff aren't in the home.
We can usually have a caregiver in place within 24 to 48 hours of your first call, and in urgent situations, often the same day. We know that discharges from Bristol Hospital can move faster than families expect, and getting home without support lined up is stressful. If you know a discharge is coming, call us before it happens and we'll have everything ready to go.
We are a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance directly. Families pay out of pocket for our services. Some long-term care insurance policies do reimburse for private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're transparent about our rates upfront so there are no surprises.
A home health aide typically works under a medical plan of care and focuses on clinical tasks ordered by a physician or nurse. Hospice support care from us is non-medical. We're focused on presence, comfort, daily assistance, and supporting the hospice team's work, not replacing it. Think of us as the people filling the hours between clinical visits, making sure your family member is comfortable and your family isn't stretched to the breaking point.
Yes, and we take this seriously for hospice support more than almost any other service. Before we suggest someone, we ask about your family member's personality, communication style, what makes them comfortable, and what tends to make things harder. We then look at our caregivers' experience and temperament and make a deliberate match. If the first pairing doesn't feel right, we'll adjust without any awkwardness.
We have backup coverage and we handle it for you. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we reach out to you directly, explain the situation, and send someone we've already vetted and briefed on your family's care. You won't be scrambling to find coverage yourself. We know that in hospice situations, reliability isn't optional, and we treat it that way.
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