Hospice Support Care in Greenwich, 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 with your father at the house on Lake Avenue when the hospice nurse finished her visit, packed her bag, and said she’d be back Thursday. Thursday felt very far away. He was comfortable for now, but you couldn’t stay every hour, and your sister was flying in from out of state and wouldn’t arrive until the weekend. That gap between visits, that stretch of hours where someone needs to be there, is exactly why families in Greenwich call us.
Hospice Support Care through Private Duty Aides fills the time the hospice team can’t fill. We’re not replacing the nurses or the chaplain. We’re the steady, calm presence sitting in the room, keeping your father comfortable, watching for changes, and making sure no one is alone.
Hospice Support Care means showing up. It means sitting with someone so they’re not alone, helping them sip water or reposition in bed, playing the music they’ve always loved, and being calm enough that they feel calm too. It means noticing when something shifts and knowing who to call. Our aides don’t manage medical equipment or administer medication, but they work directly alongside the hospice team so that the clinical care your family receives at home in Greenwich stays consistent and coordinated.
On a typical day, a hospice support aide might help with light personal comfort tasks like mouth care or light washing, sit quietly through long stretches, read aloud, handle small household things so the family can rest, or simply be a grounded presence in the room. Families in Cos Cob and Old Greenwich often tell us the hardest part wasn’t the medical piece, it was not being able to step away even for an hour without feeling guilty. We make stepping away possible. For families whose person has recently returned home after a stay at Greenwich Hospital, we can start within 24 to 48 hours of discharge so there’s no window where no one is there.
Because we’re nurse-founded, our aides understand how hospice works clinically. They know the signs to watch for, how to communicate with the hospice nurse on the next visit, and what falls within their role and what doesn’t. That background shapes how we train, who we hire, and how we match caregivers to families at the end of life.
Our agency was founded by a working nurse who watched families navigate end-of-life care at home and saw clearly what was missing. That background shapes everything, how we train aides, what we look for in a match, and how we support families through a process that has no good manual.
Hospice support care requires a different kind of person than most home care. We screen and match specifically for end-of-life experience, emotional steadiness, and the ability to sit with hard moments without flinching. We don’t send a general aide and hope for the best.
When something changes during hospice, and it will, you need to reach a real person fast. You can call us at any hour. We don’t disappear after the care plan is signed. The people who placed your caregiver are the same people you can call at 2 in the morning.
We understand how discharge from Greenwich Hospital works, what the hospice teams in this area expect from a home support aide, and what families in Riverside and Glenville are navigating. We’re not a national call center. This is local, and it shows.
How it works
You tell us what’s happening. No forms, no intake paperwork to fill out before you can talk to a person. We listen, ask a few questions, and get a real sense of what you need and how urgent it is.
For hospice support specifically, we don’t just look at who’s available. We look at temperament, experience at end of life, and how well a caregiver is likely to fit with your person’s personality and your family’s way of being in a room together.
Often same day for Greenwich families in urgent situations. We understand that time is different during hospice, and we don’t make you wait through a slow process when every hour matters.
You’re not handed off and forgotten. We check in regularly, stay in touch with the caregiver, and keep you informed. If something changes, you call us and we respond, not a voicemail, not a callback in 48 hours.
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 depends on where your person is in their illness, but it usually includes comfort-focused personal care like repositioning, light washing, and mouth care, along with quiet companionship and close watching for any changes. Aides can help with light household tasks so family members can sleep or step out. They also communicate clearly with the hospice nurse about anything they've observed during their shift, so nothing slips through between clinical visits.
We can typically have a caregiver in place within 24 to 48 hours of a discharge from Greenwich Hospital. For families in urgent situations, we often arrange same-day coverage. Call us as soon as you know the discharge is coming so we can have the match process underway before your person even arrives home.
Our services are private pay only. Medicare and most insurance plans cover the hospice team itself, including nurses, social workers, and chaplains, but they don't cover the kind of extended daily aide support we provide. Many families use personal savings, long-term care insurance policies, or veterans' benefits to cover private home care alongside the hospice benefit. We're happy to talk through the options plainly when you call.
A home health aide typically works on a skilled care plan ordered by a doctor, focused on specific medical or therapy-related tasks. Hospice Support Care is about comfort, presence, and filling the hours between clinical visits with steady, attentive care. Our aides work alongside the hospice team rather than independently of it, which means they're oriented toward the goals of the hospice plan, keeping your person comfortable and supported at home through the end of life.
Yes, and we take this seriously for hospice especially. When you call, we ask questions about your parent's temperament, what kind of presence feels comforting versus intrusive, whether they want conversation or quiet, and anything specific about their history or preferences that would help a caregiver connect with them. We don't send a stranger and hope it works. We take what we know and make a real match.
We keep backup coverage in place and we don't leave you scrambling. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you directly and work to place someone familiar with your situation as quickly as possible. During hospice, we understand that continuity matters more than almost anything else, and we take that responsibility seriously. You won't find out about a gap by showing up and finding no one there.
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