Hospice Support Care in North Stonington, 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 room off Route 2, the one that looks out toward the stone walls and the old Wyassup Road fields, and the hospice nurse had just left after her weekly visit. The house went quiet in a way that felt too heavy to carry alone. You knew more help was coming through hospice, but you also knew there were hours in the day, and nights, when no one would be there. That’s the moment a lot of families in North Stonington call us.
We provide private-pay, non-medical support alongside your hospice team. We’re there for the hours between visits, for the presence that matters when words don’t, and for the practical comfort that keeps someone feeling settled in their own home.
Hospice Support Care fills the space between what the hospice medical team handles and what your family can physically be present for. We provide comfort companionship, gentle personal care like grooming and repositioning, help with meals and hydration, and quiet presence so your person is never alone in a hard moment. We take direction from the hospice nurses and follow the plan of care already in place.
Day to day, that might look like sitting with someone while they rest, reading aloud, playing music they love, or simply being a calm and steady presence in the room. We can also help with light tasks around the home so that when family arrives, they can focus entirely on being family rather than managing logistics. For families in all areas of North Stonington, that consistency between visits makes a real difference in how peaceful the days feel.
When someone transitions home from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital on a hospice plan, the first days can be especially disorienting. Our aides can be in place quickly, bridging that gap before the hospice team’s full schedule is set. We work alongside the hospice nurses, not around them, and we communicate clearly so nothing falls through.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that matters here more than in almost any other service we offer. Our founder has sat with families at end of life and knows what actually helps and what gets in the way. That experience shapes how we train our aides and how we handle the harder moments of this kind of care.
Our founder worked as a nurse and saw firsthand what families managing end-of-life care at home actually needed. This service wasn’t built from a business plan. It was built from that experience, and it shows in how we approach every visit.
We don’t rotate in a general aide and hope for the best. For hospice support, we brief our caregivers on your specific situation, your person’s preferences, and how to work alongside the nurses already on the case. The match matters.
When something shifts with hospice care, you need to reach someone who knows your case and can respond quickly. You call us and we answer. No call center, no ticket system, no waiting.
We know New London County and the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. We know what families in this part of Connecticut are dealing with, and we’re not figuring it out as we go.
How it works
We listen to your situation first. No forms to fill out, no pressure to decide anything. You tell us what’s happening and we figure out together what you need.
For hospice support specifically, we think carefully about who will be the right fit. Experience with end-of-life care, the right temperament, and the ability to work alongside your hospice team all factor into who we send.
Often same day for urgent situations in North Stonington. We know this kind of care rarely has the luxury of a long lead time, and we move accordingly.
We stay in contact with you throughout. If something changes, if your person’s needs shift or the hospice schedule changes, we adjust. You won’t be left wondering what happens next.
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, a hospice support aide might help with grooming and personal comfort, prepare a light meal or make sure someone is drinking enough, provide gentle conversation or quiet presence, and handle small tasks around the home so the environment stays calm and manageable. We follow whatever routine works best for your person and coordinate with the hospice nursing schedule. Nothing is forced. The goal is that the day feels as peaceful and settled as possible.
In most cases we can have someone in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for urgent situations we often move faster than that. Discharge from Lawrence + Memorial onto a hospice plan can happen quickly, and we know the window between leaving the hospital and getting a full hospice schedule established can feel very uncertain. We work hard to be there during that gap so no one is left without support in those first critical days at home.
Our services are private pay, meaning they're not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. The medical side of hospice, including nursing visits and medications, is typically covered by Medicare's hospice benefit. What we provide is supplemental, the additional hours of companionship and hands-on support that fall outside what the hospice benefit covers. Many families find they need more daily support than the hospice benefit provides, and that's exactly where we come in.
A home health aide typically comes from a Medicare-certified agency and provides skilled or semi-skilled care tied to a medical plan, often for a limited number of hours per week. Our hospice support aides provide non-medical, private-pay support focused on comfort, presence, and daily help. We work alongside the hospice medical team rather than replacing it. You control the hours and schedule, and our focus is on quality of time rather than task completion.
Yes, and for hospice support we take that matching process especially seriously. We ask you questions about your parent's temperament, what brings them comfort, what upsets them, and what the hospice team has told you about the stage of care they're in. We factor all of that into who we send. If the first match doesn't feel right, we talk it through and adjust. The relationship between your parent and the aide matters enormously at this stage, and we don't treat it casually.
We keep a backup in place so care doesn't stop. If your regular aide is sick or has an emergency, we reach out to you directly and send someone we've already briefed on your situation. We don't send a stranger with no context. For hospice support especially, we understand that continuity and familiarity matter, so we do everything we can to minimize disruption and keep you informed.
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