Hospice Support Care in Kent, 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 in the back bedroom of the house off Route 7 when the hospice nurse finished her visit, gathered her bag, and said she’d be back in three days. Three days. The afternoon light came through the window, the Housatonic was audible somewhere outside, and you realized you had no idea how to fill the hours between now and then. That moment, right there, is exactly why families in Kent call us.
We provide non-medical in-home support that works alongside your hospice team. We’re not replacing the nurses, we’re filling the time they can’t be there, keeping your family member comfortable and present, and making sure someone with good judgment is in the room.
Hospice support care means we send a trained, carefully matched aide to be present in your home during the hours when your hospice nurse isn’t there. That includes helping with comfort, repositioning, light personal care, keeping the space calm, sitting with your family member so they’re not alone, and being a steady presence for family members who need to step away, sleep, or simply breathe. It’s hands-on and it’s human.
Day to day, our aides help with things like mouth care and skin comfort, light meals or snacks if someone is still eating, gentle conversation or quiet company, and keeping the household running enough that family can focus on being present. For families in Kent who have come home from Sharon Hospital under hospice care, the first few days back can be disorienting. We can often start the same week as discharge to make sure there’s no gap in support.
Many families in Kent are coordinating care across a rural distance, managing long drives and jobs alongside this. We build schedules around what actually works for your family, not a rigid template. The goal is to let you be a family member, not a full-time caregiver, during the time you have left together.
Because Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, our hospice support aides are briefed with clinical context in mind. They know how to communicate clearly with hospice nurses, what to watch for, and when to call.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families going through end-of-life care at home actually needed and weren’t getting. Every part of how we hire, brief, and supervise aides reflects that clinical background.
Built for this specific service
Hospice support isn’t the same as companion care or personal care. Our aides who take these assignments have specific experience, and we brief them on your family’s situation before the first visit, not after.
We answer when you call
Things change fast during hospice. If your regular aide can’t come, if something shifts overnight, if you just need to talk through a scheduling question, you reach a person. Not a voicemail, not a portal.
We know Kent and Litchfield County
We understand how Sharon Hospital’s discharge process works, how rural the distances can be, and what it means to coordinate care in a town like Kent where services aren’t around every corner.
How it works
Tell us what’s happening. No intake forms, no hold music, no pressure. We listen to your situation and ask a few questions so we understand what you actually need right now.
Hospice support asks more of an aide than many other services. We match based on experience with end-of-life care, personality, and the specific needs you’ve described, not just whoever’s available.
For urgent situations in Kent, we often arrange same-day or next-day starts. We know timing matters here more than almost anywhere else.
You’ll hear from us regularly, not just when something goes wrong. If your needs change week to week, we adjust. You’re not left managing this on your own after the first 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 might help with mouth care or skin comfort, assist with repositioning in bed, prepare a light meal or snack if the person is still eating, and sit with them so they're not alone. They also help family members by being a calm, reliable presence so you can rest, run an errand, or just step outside for a few minutes. They're not performing medical tasks, but they know what to watch for and how to communicate clearly with the hospice nurse when she visits.
In most cases, we can have care in place within 48 hours of your first call. For families coming home from Sharon Hospital under a new hospice plan, we've often arranged same-day or next-morning starts when the situation was urgent. Call us as soon as you know discharge is happening so we can get the matching process started right away.
Our services are private pay, which means families pay directly. Medicare and most insurance plans cover the hospice nursing and medical team through a certified hospice provider, but they typically don't cover the kind of non-medical aide presence we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We'll be straightforward with you about costs from the first call.
A home health aide typically works under a medical plan of care, often following a prescribed set of tasks ordered by a doctor, and may be covered through Medicare. Our hospice support aides are non-medical, which means they focus on comfort, presence, and daily living assistance rather than clinical tasks. The hospice nurse handles the medical side. We handle the human side during the long hours in between nurse visits. The two work together well, and our aides know how to stay in their lane while keeping the hospice team informed.
Yes, and we take that seriously. When you call, we ask about your family member's personality, what they respond well to, what makes them anxious, and what the situation looks like day to day. We match based on that, not just a schedule. If the match isn't right after the first visit, you tell us and we adjust. Getting this right matters too much to leave to chance.
We keep a backup plan in place for every client. If your regular aide is sick or unavailable, we contact you and send someone with comparable experience and a brief on your family's situation. We don't leave you without coverage during hospice care. If we ever have a situation where coverage is uncertain, we call you first so you're never caught off guard.
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