Hospice Support Care in Litchfield, 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 in the parking lot of Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, trying to absorb what the palliative care team had just told you, and your first thought was about who was going to be home with your father that night. Litchfield is a town where people take care of their own, but there are only so many hours in a day, and you can’t be there every one of them. The hospice nurse visits a few times a week. The rest of the time, someone needs to be present, calm, and steady. That’s exactly what we do.
Hospice Support Care fills the hours between hospice nurse visits. Our aides are there to sit with your parent, help them stay comfortable, assist with personal hygiene, prepare simple meals, and make sure they’re not alone when their thoughts get heavy. It’s presence, consistency, and attentiveness in a way that family members often can’t sustain on their own, especially over weeks or months.
Many families in Litchfield come to us right after a discharge from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, when a hospice plan has been set up but the daily coverage hasn’t been figured out yet. Others call us mid-way through, when the burden on family has grown and everyone is running out of steam. We step in wherever you are in the process, and we adjust as things change, because they always do.
In Litchfield, where many families are spread across rural roads and don’t have neighbors around the corner, having someone reliable in the house matters more than people expect. We handle the physical parts of comfort care, keep the environment calm, and communicate clearly with the hospice nursing team so everyone is working from the same understanding. Because we were founded by a working nurse, our aides know how to work alongside clinical staff without overstepping, and that makes the whole plan run more smoothly.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families navigating end-of-life care at home actually needed. That background shapes every part of how we train, match, and support our aides.
Built for this service
We don’t assign whoever is available. For hospice support, we look at experience with comfort care, how someone handles emotional conversations, and whether they can work quietly alongside a clinical team. The match is the work.
We answer when you call
Things change fast in hospice. If something shifts at midnight or on a Sunday, you call us and a real person picks up. We don’t leave families holding uncertainty until Monday morning.
Local to Litchfield County
We know how discharges work at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, we understand the geography of Litchfield County, and we’ve worked with families in this area. That local familiarity means fewer wrong turns when time is short.
How it works
**Call or email us first.** You tell us what’s going on. No intake forms, no being put on hold. We listen, ask a few honest questions, and help you figure out what level of support makes sense right now.
**We match your caregiver carefully.** For hospice support, this matters more than availability. We think about temperament, experience with end-of-life care, and how your family communicates before we suggest anyone.
**Care starts within 48 hours.** For urgent situations in Litchfield, we often move same day. We know that when you’re at this stage, waiting a week isn’t an option.
**We stay in contact with you.** You won’t have to wonder if things are going okay. We check in regularly, and if something shifts with your parent’s condition or your family’s needs, we adjust the plan with you.
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 includes personal hygiene assistance, help with repositioning for comfort, light meal preparation, and steady companionship. Our aide will talk with your parent if they want company, or simply be present and quiet if that's what the moment calls for. They'll also communicate with the hospice nurse about anything that changes during the visit. The goal is that your parent isn't left alone, and that someone calm and attentive is there throughout the day.
We can often start same day or within 24 hours for families coming home from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. Call us as soon as you know the discharge date, even if it's still a day or two out, and we'll begin matching and scheduling right away. We know discharges can move faster than expected, and we build that into how we plan. Getting ahead of the timeline by even a few hours makes a real difference.
Our services are private pay, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Medicare hospice benefits cover skilled nursing visits, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, and some medical equipment, but they don't typically cover the daily aide hours that families need most. Many families pay out of pocket for our support because it fills a gap that insurance simply doesn't address. We're upfront about costs from the first conversation.
A home health aide works under a Medicare or insurance-funded plan and focuses on medically ordered tasks. Our hospice support aides are private pay and focused on comfort, presence, and quality of time, not clinical tasks. We work alongside your hospice nursing team, not instead of them. The difference in practice is that our aides have more flexibility to respond to what your parent actually needs in the moment, whether that's conversation, stillness, or just being nearby.
Yes, and for hospice support we think the match is one of the most important things we do. We'll ask you about your parent's personality, communication style, what comforts them, and what puts them on edge. We use that to select someone who fits, not just someone who's available. If the match doesn't feel right after a few days, tell us and we'll make a change. We want your parent to feel at ease with the person in their home.
We maintain backup coverage so a gap in scheduling doesn't mean a gap in care. If your regular aide is sick or has an emergency, we contact you directly and send someone we've already vetted for hospice support work. We won't send an unfamiliar stranger without talking to you first. Consistency matters during this time, and we do everything we can to protect it.
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