Hospice Support Care in Naugatuck, 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 hospice nurse left around noon, and the house got very quiet. You sat in the kitchen on Rubber Avenue thinking you should eat something, but mostly you just listened to your father’s breathing from the other room. That moment, the one where you realize you can’t be everywhere at once and still need to sleep, is the moment a lot of Naugatuck families call us. We’re here for exactly that.
Hospice support care from Private Duty Aides means someone is present, attentive, and steady when the medical team isn’t in the house. We work alongside your hospice nurses, not around them, so nothing falls through the gaps. Your family gets to be family instead of a round-the-clock caregiver.
You don’t have to have it all figured out before you call. We’ll talk through where things stand and what would actually help.
Hospice support care fills the hours when your hospice team isn’t present. That’s most of the day. Our aides provide comfort companionship, personal care tasks like repositioning and hygiene, light housekeeping, and a calm, steady presence that lets your family member stay at home surrounded by people who know them. We follow the hospice care plan and communicate directly with the nursing team so everyone stays on the same page.
Families in Naugatuck often reach out right after a discharge from Waterbury Hospital, when the transition home feels sudden and the support system isn’t fully in place yet. We can step in quickly in those moments, working around the hospice schedule and filling in the gaps so your family isn’t scrambling. Whether someone is at home near Salem Street, over on Maple Hill, or anywhere else in Naugatuck, we come to them.
Day to day, that might look like sitting with your father while he sleeps, helping him sip water, reading aloud, or just making sure he doesn’t feel alone when you need to leave the house for an hour. It might also mean being there overnight so you can rest. We take direction from you and from the hospice nurses, and we show up ready to do what’s needed.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that matters here more than almost anywhere else we work. Our founder understood firsthand how end-of-life care at home actually unfolds, what the hospice nurse needs from a support team, and where families tend to fall apart without the right help in place.
How it works
We listen to your situation without forms or pressure. You tell us what’s happening, and we ask the questions that help us understand what kind of support would actually help. You don’t need to have a plan before you reach out.
For hospice support care, fit matters more than availability. We think about temperament, experience with end-of-life care, communication style, and how the caregiver will work alongside your hospice team. We don’t send whoever is free.
For urgent situations in Naugatuck, we often arrange care the same day. We know that timing in this kind of care isn’t flexible, and we move accordingly. Your family won’t be waiting a week to get help in place.
We stay in contact throughout, not just at the start. If something changes, if the hospice plan shifts, or if the level of care needs to adjust, we’re already in the conversation. You’re never left wondering whether anyone knows what’s going on.
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 family member is in their illness, but most often our aides provide comfort companionship, personal hygiene assistance, repositioning to prevent discomfort, light housekeeping, and meal support. They also watch for changes in condition and communicate anything notable to the family and the hospice nursing team. The goal is a steady, calm presence that keeps the person at home comfortable and not alone.
We can often start care the same day or within 24 hours for families coming home from Waterbury Hospital, depending on the situation. We know those discharges can happen fast and with little warning. Call us as soon as you know a discharge is coming and we'll have a conversation about what's needed, so the caregiver is ready to arrive shortly after your family member does.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Some families use long-term care insurance policies that reimburse private-pay care, so it's worth checking your policy if you have one. We'll be straightforward with you about costs on the phone so there are no surprises.
A home health aide is typically ordered through a medical provider and focuses on clinical tasks within a Medicare or insurance plan. Our hospice support care is private-pay and focuses on comfort, presence, and daily support that fills the many hours when the clinical team isn't there. We work alongside your hospice nurses rather than replacing them. Think of it as the human support layer that makes the medical plan actually workable at home.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Before we place anyone, we talk with your family about temperament, preferences, what your parent responds well to, and what kind of presence would feel right in the home. For hospice support care especially, the match isn't just about skills. We make sure your caregiver is someone who can sit quietly when that's what's needed, and engage warmly when that's better.
We keep backup coverage in place and we let you know as early as possible if a schedule change is coming. We never just leave a family without care and assume they'll figure it out. If a regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we find a replacement and brief them on your family's situation before they arrive. You won't be starting from scratch explaining everything to someone new.
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