Hospice Support Care in Plainfield, 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 from Day Kimball had already come and gone when you realized the hours in between were the hardest ones. Your father was resting in the back bedroom off Route 14A, and you were sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out how to be everywhere at once. Nobody prepared you for the quiet stretches, or for how much you’d need another person in that house just to help hold things steady. That’s the moment most Plainfield families call us.
We provide non-medical support alongside your hospice team, filling in the hours when nurses and social workers aren’t there. That means someone sitting with your father so you can sleep, helping with comfort routines, and keeping the household calm so the focus stays on him. We work around the hospice schedule, not against it.
Hospice support care is non-medical companionship and personal assistance provided alongside your existing hospice team. We’re not the clinical piece. We’re the steady presence in the room between nurse visits, the person helping with light comfort tasks, light personal care, and the kind of quiet company that makes a hard time feel a little less alone. Families often describe it as finally having someone to share the weight with.
On a typical day that might look like helping with repositioning, keeping your family member comfortable, light meal prep, and sitting with them so family members can get a few hours of real rest. When someone has just come home from Day Kimball Hospital and the hospice plan is still being established, we can step in immediately to bridge that gap. Families in all areas of Plainfield, whether closer to Moosup or out toward Central Village, often need that support most in the first week home.
Because Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, we understand exactly how hospice teams operate, what they’re focused on, and where non-medical support fits without overlapping or getting in the way. That background shapes how we brief our caregivers and why the handoff between clinical and non-clinical care actually works here.
Nurse-founded. Our founder worked as a nurse and watched families struggle through end-of-life care without enough support in the room. She built this agency to fix that specific gap, and it shows in how we train and match caregivers for hospice situations.
Matched for this service. Not every caregiver is right for hospice support. We brief carefully, match for experience and temperament, and we’re honest with you if someone isn’t the right fit before care starts rather than after.
We stay reachable. When something shifts in the night or the hospice schedule changes, you need to be able to call someone and get a real answer. We pick up. That matters more than any brochure.
Local to Plainfield and Windham County. We know how Day Kimball Hospital handles discharge into home hospice, we know the roads out to Central Village and Moosup, and we know the kind of families here. This isn’t a call center routing requests from out of state.
How it works
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 caregiver might help with light personal care like repositioning or hygiene comfort tasks, sit with your family member so you can rest, prepare simple food or fluids if appropriate, and keep the environment calm and familiar. They're not administering medication or doing clinical work. They're the consistent, warm presence in the room during the hours when the hospice nurse isn't there, which is most of the day for most families.
We aim to have care in place within 48 hours of your first call, and for families coming home from Day Kimball who need immediate coverage, same-day starts are possible. Call us as early as you know the discharge is coming, even if the exact date isn't confirmed yet. The earlier we can start matching and briefing a caregiver, the smoother the transition home will be.
Our services are private pay, which means they're not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Medicare's hospice benefit covers your clinical hospice team but generally doesn't cover the kind of non-medical companion and support hours we provide. Families pay us directly, and we're upfront about rates from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide typically works under a medical order and may perform specific clinical tasks tied to a care plan. Our hospice support caregivers are non-medical and focus on comfort, companionship, and practical daily help. The two roles can work side by side without conflict. We coordinate with whatever clinical team is in place so care stays consistent rather than fragmented.
Yes, and for hospice support we take that matching seriously. We ask about your parent's temperament, what kind of presence feels comforting versus intrusive, whether they want conversation or quiet company, and any cultural or personal factors that matter to your family. The wrong personality in the room during this time makes everything harder, and we'd rather take an extra day to get the match right than rush someone into place.
We keep you covered. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you directly and have a backup in place rather than leaving you to find out when no one shows up. We do our best to send someone your family already knows when that's possible. You're also always welcome to call us directly at (475) 264-4830 if something changes and you need a faster answer.
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Private Duty Aides — Plainfield, CT
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