Hospice Support Care in Cheshire, 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 got the call from the hospice nurse on a Tuesday afternoon, probably while you were still in the parking lot off Rt. 10 near the Cheshire town green, trying to hold it together before driving back to the house. The nurse explained what the next weeks would look like, what they would handle, and then gently said that someone would need to be there in between their visits. That part, the long quiet hours in between, is where we come in.
We provide non-medical support alongside your hospice team, making sure your family member is comfortable, safe, and not alone when you can’t be there. We help with personal care, light tasks, and simply sitting with them, talking or not talking, whatever they need that day. Families in Cheshire call us when the hospice schedule leaves gaps and when carrying it all themselves is no longer something one person can do.
Hospice Support Care means we work alongside the nurses and social workers your hospice agency sends, not instead of them. Our aides help with bathing, grooming, repositioning, and light personal care so your family member stays comfortable through the day and night. We also handle small things that matter more than they sound: a fresh glass of water, a blanket adjusted, a hand held while someone rests.
Families across all areas of Cheshire often come to us right after a transition home from MidState Medical Center, when the discharge happened faster than anyone expected and the hospice schedule hasn’t fully ramped up yet. In those first few days especially, having a steady, calm presence in the house makes a real difference for everyone, including the family members trying to be in three places at once. Our aides follow the hospice care plan and communicate clearly so nothing falls through the gaps.
We also offer companionship in the truest sense: being present without needing anything from your family member, reading aloud if they want it, sitting quietly if they don’t, and making sure they never feel like a burden or an afterthought. The goal is that the time at home, however much of it remains, feels like their time in their space.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that background shapes everything about how we approach end-of-life support. Our founder understood, from firsthand experience, what hospice nurses need from a home care partner and what families are actually going through when they make this call.
Nurse-founded, from the ground up
Our agency was started by a working nurse who watched families in exactly this situation, end of life at home, trying to coordinate hospice visits, family schedules, and the hours in between. She built this service around what actually helps, not what looks good on a brochure.
Aides who know this kind of care
Hospice support is its own skill set. We don’t send someone new to this kind of work and hope for the best. Our aides are briefed on your family member’s situation before they walk through the door, and they’re matched for experience with comfort care, not just general availability.
We answer when you call
When something changes at 2am, or when you need to talk through whether to increase hours, you call us and a person answers. Hospice care doesn’t follow business hours, and neither do we.
We know Cheshire and New Haven County
We understand how MidState Medical Center handles discharge planning, what the hospice agencies serving this area typically look like, and how families in Cheshire navigate this. That local knowledge means less explaining on your end and faster, better support.
How it works
You tell us what’s happening. No intake forms, no hold music, no pressure. We listen to your situation and ask the questions that actually matter so we understand what your family needs right now.
For Hospice Support Care, matching is not just about scheduling. We look at experience with end-of-life support, temperament, and how well someone will work alongside your specific hospice team and your family’s way of doing things.
Often it’s same day for Cheshire families in urgent situations. We know that in hospice, timing matters differently than it does in other kinds of care, and we move accordingly.
We stay in contact with you throughout. If something changes, if the care needs to shift, or if you just have a question at 9pm, we’re reachable. You’ll never be left wondering 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
On a typical day, our aide helps with personal care like bathing, grooming, and repositioning for comfort. They assist with light tasks around the home, help with eating or drinking if needed, and stay present and calm throughout the visit. They're not there to be busy, they're there to make the person in their care feel safe and not alone. They communicate any changes they notice to you and, when appropriate, to the hospice team.
We can typically start within 48 hours of your first call, and for urgent situations following a discharge from MidState Medical Center, same-day starts are often possible. If you know a discharge is coming, call us even a day or two before and we'll have everything in place so care begins the day your family member arrives home. The sooner you reach out, the smoother the transition.
Our services are private pay, meaning families pay out of pocket and we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Some long-term care insurance policies may reimburse for private duty non-medical care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're straightforward about costs from the first conversation, with no surprises.
A home health aide is typically sent by a medical agency and works under a physician's care plan, performing clinically directed tasks. Our aides are non-medical and work alongside the hospice team to fill the hours and needs that fall outside the nursing visits. Think of us as the steady presence in between, focused on comfort, dignity, and keeping your family member from being alone. We complement the hospice nurse rather than duplicate what they do.
Yes, and for hospice support we take matching seriously. We ask about your family member's personality, what calms them, what bothers them, how they prefer to be spoken to, and what their day normally looks like. Then we match based on experience, temperament, and fit, not just who's available. If the first match isn't right, we make it right.
We don't leave gaps. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we find a qualified replacement and let you know ahead of time. We brief any substitute on your family member's situation so the continuity of care isn't disrupted. During hospice care especially, we understand that consistency matters, and we work hard to protect it.
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