Hospice Support Care in Simsbury, 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 drove up Hopmeadow Street after the hospice nurse left, and the house felt different. Your mom was calm, but you weren’t. You sat at the kitchen table in Simsbury wondering how you were supposed to do this, who was supposed to be here between nurse visits, and whether you could hold it together while still being present. That question, right there, is exactly what we help answer.
Hospice care from a visiting nurse team is medical. What we provide is the steady human presence that fills the hours between those visits. Someone who knows your parent’s routine, who can sit with them when you need to rest, and who can call you immediately if something shifts.
We’re nurse-founded and privately run. We work alongside your hospice team, not instead of them.
Hospice support care is non-medical presence and assistance during the end-of-life period. A caregiver comes to your home in Simsbury and handles the things that need hands. That means personal hygiene assistance, help getting comfortable, light meals and fluids if your parent is still eating, and quiet company when the house gets too quiet. It also means someone is there to notice changes and reach you before you have to wonder.
Families in Simsbury often come to us after a discharge from Hartford Hospital, when the hospice agency has set up nursing visits but the gaps between them feel long. Our aides work directly within those gaps. They know to follow the hospice plan, to document what they observe, and to coordinate with the nurse so nothing falls through. Many families also use us overnight so they can actually sleep, or through the day so a working spouse or sibling can stay involved without burning out.
Across all areas of Simsbury, from the neighborhoods near the Farmington River to the quieter residential stretches off Route 10, we’ve supported families through this process. The need is usually the same: someone present, steady, and genuinely paying attention.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our aides are selected with this specific type of care in mind. End-of-life support requires a different kind of patience and presence than most home care, and we don’t place someone who isn’t ready for it.
Nurse-founded, service-specific. Our agency was founded by a working nurse who understood firsthand what families navigating end-of-life care at home truly need: aides who are briefed, prepared, and matched for this specific kind of work, not just placed because they were available.
Matched for this service. Hospice support requires more than general aide experience. We brief every caregiver on your parent’s hospice plan, their personality, their comfort preferences, and what the hospice nurse has noted. That preparation matters.
We answer when you call. When something changes, and in this kind of care things do change, you need to reach someone fast. We stay reachable. You get a real response, not a voicemail that goes nowhere.
We know Hartford County. We understand the discharge process at Hartford Hospital, the geography of Simsbury and the surrounding towns, and the specific way families here tend to navigate this. That context makes our support more practical from day one.
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 aide arrives at your home and helps with the practical and personal needs that have built up. That might mean helping your parent get washed and dressed, preparing something light to eat or drink if they're able, repositioning them for comfort, and simply being present and calm. The aide also keeps notes on what they observe, like changes in alertness, appetite, or breathing, so your hospice nurse has useful information at their next visit. None of this is medical, but all of it matters.
In most cases we can have a caregiver in place within 48 hours of your first call, and for urgent situations following a discharge from Hartford Hospital, we often move faster than that. The discharge process can feel sudden, and the gap between leaving the hospital and getting support established at home is genuinely hard. Call us as soon as you know a discharge is coming, and we'll start the matching process right away so there's no lag.
Our services are private pay only. Medicare and most insurance plans do cover the nursing and clinical side of hospice care, but they typically don't cover the kind of extended non-medical aide support we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do include a benefit for private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We'll be upfront with you about costs from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide is typically sent by a Medicare-certified agency to perform specific medically-directed tasks, usually for a limited number of hours tied to a care plan. Hospice support care through us is privately arranged, not limited to those hours, and focused on comfort, presence, and family relief rather than clinical tasks. We work alongside your hospice team rather than replacing it, filling the time between nurse visits with steady, attentive care. The two services complement each other.
Yes, and for hospice support specifically, we take that matching seriously. We ask about your parent's background, their communication style, what makes them comfortable, and what kind of presence tends to help them stay calm. We also ask about your family's preferences, because you're part of this too. If the first match isn't quite right, you tell us and we adjust. We'd rather get it right than leave you with someone who isn't a good fit during such a personal time.
We keep a backup plan in place from the start. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we contact you directly and work to send a familiar or well-briefed substitute, not a stranger who walks in cold. We don't leave coverage gaps and wait for you to notice. You'll always hear from us first.
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