Hospice Support Care in Canaan, 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 came and went in under an hour, and afterward the house on Route 44 got very quiet. You sat at the kitchen table wondering what you were supposed to do next, because the nurse explained the plan but no one explained what to actually do between visits. That gap, the hours between professional check-ins, is exactly where families in Canaan feel most lost. We’re here to fill it.
Private Duty Aides provides non-medical hospice support for families throughout Canaan and Litchfield County. We work alongside your hospice team, not in place of them, keeping your person comfortable, calm, and cared for while you rest or just sit beside them.
Hospice support care means we’re present. Our aides sit with your family member, help them stay comfortable, handle personal hygiene tasks, and keep things calm in the room. We handle the in-between work: repositioning, light grooming, hydration encouragement, and simply being there so your person doesn’t wake up alone.
Many Canaan families call us shortly after a discharge from Sharon Hospital, when their person has transitioned from inpatient care to home hospice. The first days back are often the hardest to navigate, and our aides step in immediately to support whatever rhythm the hospice nurses have already established. We follow that plan, we don’t override it.
Family presence matters deeply at this stage, and we make that possible. When you need to sleep, eat, or spend an hour outside without guilt, we’re in the room. When you want to be in the room too, we work beside you. Whatever your family needs from day to day, we adjust without making it complicated.
Because Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, our understanding of end-of-life home care goes well beyond task completion. Our founder has sat in those rooms, worked alongside hospice teams, and built our training with that direct experience behind it.
Nurse-founded. Our founder is a working nurse who saw firsthand what families navigating end-of-life care at home actually need, not what looks good on a brochure. That experience shapes everything about how we hire, train, and operate.
Matched for this service. Not every aide is right for hospice support. We brief our caregivers thoroughly on your situation before the first visit, and we match on more than availability. Experience with comfort care, steadiness, and the ability to sit in silence matter here.
We stay reachable. When something changes, and it will, you call us and we answer. You won’t be routed through a call center or asked to leave a message and wait.
We know Litchfield County. We understand how Sharon Hospital’s discharge process works, how far families live from services out here, and why having someone local and responsive matters when you’re in Canaan and time is short.
How it works
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 day, our aide arrives and checks in with your family member, helps with personal hygiene, keeps them comfortable in bed or in a chair, and provides calm, attentive company. We follow whatever care plan the hospice nurse has set and we note any changes in condition so your family and the clinical team stay informed. If your person wants to talk, we listen. If they want quiet, we stay present without filling the room with noise. The goal is simple: your person should feel cared for and not alone.
We can often have an aide in place the same day you call, especially for families coming home from Sharon Hospital who need support right away. In most cases, care begins within 48 hours. When you call, tell us the situation and the timeline, and we'll tell you honestly what we can do. We don't make promises we can't keep, but we move quickly when it counts.
Private Duty Aides is a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance directly. Some long-term care insurance policies do reimburse for private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're upfront about our rates on the first call so there are no surprises. Families choose private pay because it gives them control over who comes into the home and how care is structured.
A home health aide typically focuses on medical tasks and is coordinated through a home health agency under a physician's orders. Our hospice support aides are non-medical, meaning they handle personal care, comfort, companionship, and presence rather than clinical procedures. We work alongside your hospice nurse and team, not instead of them. Think of it as the layer of consistent human support that fills the hours between clinical visits.
Yes, and for hospice support we take matching especially seriously. We talk with you about your parent's personality, what comforts them, what unsettles them, and what kind of presence feels right. We brief the caregiver before the first visit so they're not walking in cold. If the match doesn't feel right after the first shift, you tell us and we'll find someone better. You shouldn't have to manage that stress on top of everything else.
We cover the shift. We don't leave families without support because a caregiver called out. When that happens, we contact you, explain the situation, and send a qualified backup who has been briefed on your family's needs. During hospice care especially, we understand that a gap in coverage isn't acceptable. You'll hear from us before the scheduled time, not after.
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