Hospice Support Care in Killingly, 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 night your family got the call from Harrington Memorial that shifted everything, someone had to drive up Route 101 and sit with your father while the rest of you figured out what came next. That’s a moment a lot of Killingly families know, and it doesn’t get easier to carry alone. When a hospice team is already involved but can’t be there around the clock, there’s still a real gap in the room. We step into that gap, quietly and steadily, so your family can be present the way you want to be.
Private Duty Aides is a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency serving families throughout Windham County, including every part of Killingly. We work alongside your hospice nurses, not instead of them, so the care your family member receives at home stays consistent and calm.
Hospice support care is non-medical companionship and personal assistance provided at home during the end-of-life period. It means a trained, caring person sitting with your family member so they’re not alone, helping with light personal care tasks, keeping them comfortable, and offering the kind of steady calm presence that nurses and doctors simply don’t have time to provide between their visits.
On a typical day, a hospice support caregiver might help with repositioning for comfort, reading aloud, playing familiar music, light tidying, and simply being present so your family member feels accompanied rather than watched. When families here in Killingly transition home from Day Kimball Hospital following a hospice enrollment, those first days back can feel overwhelming. Our caregivers are briefed on the hospice plan before they arrive, so they’re already oriented and can support what the clinical team has set in motion.
Families across Killingly, from Attawaugan to Dayville, often tell us that what they needed most wasn’t medical help but someone reliable to fill the hours between hospice nurse visits, and someone who could give family members permission to step away and rest without guilt. That’s what this service is built for. Because we were founded by a working nurse, our caregivers understand exactly how to operate beside a hospice team, when to report changes, when to stay quiet, and how to respect the boundaries of this kind of care.
Nurse-founded, and it shows here.
Our founder is a working nurse who watched families navigate the end-of-life period without enough support at home. She built this agency specifically because she knew what those families actually needed, including someone who could work beside a hospice team without overstepping and without disappearing.
Caregivers matched to hospice support specifically.
We don’t assign just anyone to a hospice situation. Our caregivers selected for this work have experience in end-of-life comfort care, understand how to communicate with hospice nurses, and know how to bring calm into a home that’s carrying a lot. The matching process takes this seriously.
We pick up when you call.
If something changes at home at 11 p.m. on a Saturday, you need to reach someone. We stay reachable throughout your care, because end-of-life situations don’t follow business hours and families shouldn’t have to leave a message and wait.
We know Killingly and Windham County.
We understand how care transitions work at Day Kimball Hospital, we’re familiar with the roads and neighborhoods throughout Killingly, and we know the particular pressures that rural families in this part of Connecticut face. That local context matters when we’re building a care plan.
How it works
You don’t fill out forms or wait for a callback from a queue. You talk to someone who listens to your specific situation, no pressure, no sales pitch. We want to understand what’s happening at home before we suggest anything.
Not every caregiver is right for hospice support work. We match based on experience with end-of-life care, temperament, and what your family member actually needs, not just who’s available on the schedule.
For Killingly families in urgent situations, same-day starts happen regularly. We know that end-of-life timelines don’t wait, and we plan accordingly so you’re not left in a gap.
You won’t set up care and then feel like you’re on your own. We check in with your family and your caregiver regularly, so if something needs to shift, we hear about it and respond before it becomes a problem.
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, your caregiver might sit with your family member while you rest, help with repositioning or light personal comfort tasks, play music they enjoy, read to them, or simply be a calm presence in the room. They'll keep the space tidy, track any changes in condition, and communicate with your hospice nurse as needed. The goal isn't to do more than necessary but to make sure your family member is never alone and always comfortable. It looks different in every home, and we adjust to what each person needs.
In most cases we can have a caregiver in place within 48 hours of your call, and for families dealing with urgent circumstances after a Day Kimball Hospital discharge, same-day placement is often possible. We know that families coming home from the hospital don't have time to wait through a long intake process. Call us as soon as you have a discharge date and we'll work around your timeline, not ours.
We are a private-pay agency, which means our services are not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-duty non-medical care, so it's worth reviewing your policy or calling your insurer directly. We're upfront about our rates from the first conversation, and there are no hidden fees. If cost is a concern, we can talk through options honestly during your first call.
A home health aide typically performs clinical tasks under a medical care plan and is usually covered by Medicare for a limited time. Our hospice support caregivers are non-medical, meaning they don't administer medications or perform clinical procedures. What they do is provide consistent comfort, presence, and personal assistance that fills the long hours between hospice nurse visits. The two roles work alongside each other, and our caregivers are trained to coordinate respectfully with your clinical hospice team.
Yes, and we take that part seriously. During your first call we ask about your family member's personality, history, preferences, and what kind of presence feels right for them. If they're quiet and private, we don't send someone who fills the room with chatter. If they love conversation and music, we match for that. It's one of the real differences between working with a small, nurse-founded agency and a large staffing service. If the first match doesn't feel right, we'll make a change.
We keep a backup plan in place for every active client, especially for hospice situations where continuity matters more than almost anything. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you directly, explain the situation, and arrange a fill-in who has been briefed on your family member's needs. You won't find out at the last minute through a voicemail. We know how disruptive an unexpected change is during this period, and we do everything we can to minimize that disruption.
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